Socioeconomic, sociodemographic, and clinical variables associated with root caries in a group of persons age 60years and older in Mexico

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-276

  Islas Granillo, Horacio ^a   Borges Yañez, Socorro A ^b   Medina Solís, Carlo E ^a   Casanova Rosado, Alejandro J ^c   Minaya Sánchez, Mirna ^c   Villalobos Rodelo, Juan J ^d,e   Maupomé, Gerardo ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

^d Preventive Medicine Area   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SINALOA   (Mexico)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dental caries; Gerontology; Mexico; Oral hygiene; Root caries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIST; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MOUTH EXAMINATION; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; ROOT CARIES;

EID: 84859005910     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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