The oral health of people with intellectual disability participating in the UK Special Olympics

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-36

  Turner, S ^a   Sweeney, M ^b   Kennedy, C ^b   Macpherson, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dental examinations; Olympics; Oral health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GINGIVITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH FILLING; TOOTH PLAQUE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HYGIENE; SPORTS;

EID: 37449024823     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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