Relationship between oral function and general condition among Japanese nursing home residents

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Sumi, Yasunori ^a   Miura, Hiroko ^b   Nagaya, Masahiro ^a   Nagaosa, Shuichiro ^c   Umemura, Osami ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN NEUROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Aichi Sannomaru Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADL; Cognitive function; Dependent elderly; Nutritional status; Oral function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL CONDITION; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER LOADING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DRINKING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MOUTH; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL HEALTH;

EID: 56949108056     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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