Oral health self-care behaviors of rural older adults

Journal of Public Health Dentistry

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 182-189

  Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Bell, Ronny A ^b   Anderson, Andrea M ^b   Chen, Haiying ^b   Savoca, Margaret R ^c   Kohrman, Teresa ^b   Quandt, Sara A ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Public Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Complementary therapies; Gerontology; Health self management; Minority health; Rural health; Self care

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL DEVICE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TOOTH PAIN; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE FOR AGED; DENTAL DEVICES, HOME CARE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GINGIVAL HEMORRHAGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; NORTH CAROLINA; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; TOOTHACHE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 70249123117     PISSN: 00224006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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