Relationship between clinical dental status and eating difficulty in an old Chinese population

Journal of Oral Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Zeng, X ^a,b   Sheiham, A ^b   Tsakos, G ^b  

^a GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Dental status; Dentate; Eating difficulty; Older

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; EATING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; TOOTH OCCLUSION;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DENTAL OCCLUSION; EATING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 38049105442     PISSN: 0305182X     EISSN: 13652842     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2842.2007.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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