Relationships between self-assessed masticatory ability and higher level functional capacity among community-dwelling young-old persons

International Journal of Gerontology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-37

  Moriya, Shingo ^a   Tei, Kanchu ^b   Yamazaki, Yutaka ^b   Hata, Hironobu ^b   Muramatsu, Masumi ^c   Kitagawa, Yoshimasa ^b   Inoue, Nobuo ^b   Miura, Hiroko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

autonomy; community; higher level functional capacity; masticatory ability; young old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; MALE; MASTICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84859394508     PISSN: 18739598     EISSN: 1873958X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijge.2012.01.009     Document Type: Article

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