Oral health, general health, and quality of life in older people

Special Care in Dentistry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 224-236

  Kandelman, Daniel ^a   Petersen, Poul Erik ^b,c   Ueda, Hiroshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d Kobe College   (Japan)

Author keywords

General health; Geriatrics; Oral health; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54849424561     PISSN: 02751879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.2008.00045.x     Document Type: Review

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