A Survey of Attitudes and Perceptions Toward Oral Hygiene Among Staff at a Geriatric Nursing Home

Geriatric Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 435-440

  Forsell, Marianne ^a   Kullberg, Erika ^a   Hoogstraate, Janet ^b   Herbst, Bertil ^a   Johansson, Olle ^c   Sjögren, Petteri ^d  

^a Oral Care AB   (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Oral Care R and D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MANPOWER; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SWEDEN;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORAL HYGIENE; SWEDEN;

EID: 78649887248     PISSN: 01974572     EISSN: 15283984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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