Community-dwelling elderly with chewing difficulties are more disabled, depressed and have lower quality of life scores

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-104

  Kimura, Yumi ^a   Wada, Taizo ^b   Ishine, Masayuki ^c   Ishimoto, Yasuko ^a   Kasahara, Yoriko ^a   Hirosaki, Mayumi ^a   Konno, Akiko ^a   Nakatsuka, Masahiro ^a   Sakamoto, Ryota ^c   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^c   Otsuka, Kuniaki ^d   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGED; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MOUTH DISEASES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 61549113035     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00489.x     Document Type: Letter

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