A 15-yr longitudinal study of xerostomia in a Swedish population of 50-yr-old subjects

European Journal of Oral Sciences

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-19

  Johansson, Ann Katrin ^a   Johansson, Anders ^a   Unell, Lennart ^b   Ekbäck, Gunnar ^b   Ordell, Sven ^c,d   Carlsson, Gunnar E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Orebro County Council   (Sweden)

^c Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine   (Sweden)

^d MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ageing; Epidemiology; Longitudinal study; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; XEROSTOMIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWEDEN; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 58449120004     PISSN: 09098836     EISSN: 16000722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0722.2008.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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