Association between dietary quality of rural older adults and self-reported food avoidance and food modification due to oral health problems

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1225-1232

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

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

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

dietary behaviors; minority health; oral health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTY EATING INDEX 2005; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ORAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES;

EID: 77954316712     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02909.x     Document Type: Article

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