Daily oral care and cough reflex sensitivity in elderly nursing home patients

Chest

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1066-1070

  Watando, Aya ^a   Ebihara, Satoru ^a   Ebihara, Takae ^a   Okazaki, Tatsuma ^a   Takahashi, Hidenori ^a   Asada, Masanori ^a   Sasaki, Hidetada ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cough reflex; Oral care; Substance P

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH;

EID: 6344221808     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.126.4.1066     Document Type: Article

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