Dental patients' self-reports of xerostomia and associated risk factors

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 811-816

  Villa, Alessandro ^a   Polimeni, Antonella ^b   Strohmenger, Laura ^a   Cicciù, Domenico ^c   Gherlone, Enrico ^d   Abati, Silvio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Medication; Oral symptoms; Oral xerostomia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961150584     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2011.0269     Document Type: Article

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