Number of teeth and fatigue in older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1459-1464

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a,b,c,d   Schultz Larsen, Kirsten ^a,b   Christiansen, Niels ^d   Holm Pedersen, Poul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

aging; fatigue; frailty; number of teeth; oral health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOUTH EXAMINATION; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; SEX; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOOTH; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 80051797320     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03502.x     Document Type: Article

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