Dysphagia assessment in the elderly

Nutritional Therapy and Metabolism

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-15

  Ginocchio, D ^a   Borghi, E ^a   Schindler, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Phoniatrician; Presbyphagia; Speech and language pathologist

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650917056     PISSN: 18286232     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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