Home or away? differences between home- and clinic-based dental examinations for older people

Gerodontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Fairhall, Timothy J ^a   Thomson, W Murray ^b   Kieser, Jules A ^b   Broughton, John R ^c   Cullinan, Mary P ^b   Seymour, Gregory J ^b  

^a School of Dentistry ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dental examinations; Older people; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINIC; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CLINICS; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 68949094192     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2008.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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