Relationship between cognitive impairment and oral health: Results of the Health 2000 Health Examination Survey in Finland

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-108

  Syrjälä, Anna Maija Hannele ^a   Ylöstalo, Pekka ^a   Sulkava, Raimo ^b,c   Knuuttila, Matti ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c RHEUMATISM FOUNDATION HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Dental caries; Periodontal pockets; Removable dentures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PERIODONTITIS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTURES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34247401722     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: 15023850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350601083521     Document Type: Article

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