Relationship between periodontal status and physical fitness in an elderly population of nonsmokers in Bangladesh

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2368-2370

  Akhter, Rahena ^a   Hassan, Nur Mohammad Monsur ^b   Moriya, Shingo ^b   Kashiwazaki, Haruhiko ^b   Inoue, Nobuo ^b   Morita, Manabu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; PERIODONTICS; PERIODONTITIS; STANDING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 57149134528     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02036.x     Document Type: Letter

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