The effect of oral health on quality of life in an underprivileged homebound and non-homebound elderly population in Jerusalem

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-104

  Zini, Avraham ^a   Sgan Cohen, Harold D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Homebound; OHIP; Oral health; Quality of life; Underprivileged

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EATING; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; ISRAEL; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAY CARE; DIAGNOSIS, ORAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37749006066     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01498.x     Document Type: Article

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