Oral health and mortality risk from pneumonia in the elderly

Journal of Dental Research

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 334-339

  Awano, S ^a   Ansai, T ^a   Takata, Y ^a   Soh, I ^a   Akifusa, S ^b   Hamasaki, T ^a   Yoshida, A ^a   Sonoki, K ^a   Fujisawa, K ^a   Takehara, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration pneumonia; Elderly person; Mortality from pneumonia; Oral health; Periodontal disease

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD; BODY MASS; CANDIDA; DENTURE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTITIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; STROKE; SWALLOWING; TONGUE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CANDIDA; CHOLESTEROL; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DENTURE, COMPLETE; DENTURE, PARTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; SERUM ALBUMIN; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STROKE; TONGUE; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 42449126712     PISSN: 00220345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/154405910808700418     Document Type: Article

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