Ratio and associated factors of dry mouth among community-dwelling elderly Japanese women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-89

  Ohara, Yuki ^a   Hirano, Hirohiko ^b   Yoshida, Hideyo ^b   Suzuki, Takao ^c  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional capacity; Geriatric; Oral dryness; Saliva

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANK SUM TEST; STUDENT T TEST; XEROSTOMIA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MASTICATION; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 78650242498     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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