Relationship between swallowing problems and tooth loss in community-dwelling independent elderly adults: The Fujiwara-kyo study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 849-853

  Okamoto, Nozomi ^a   Tomioka, Kimiko ^a   Saeki, Keigo ^a   Iwamoto, Junko ^b   Morikawa, Masayuki ^b,c   Harano, Akihiro ^a,d   Kurumatani, Norio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Indoor Environmental Medicine ^*  (Japan)

^c Sakai City Mental Health Center   (Japan)

^d Saiseikai Nara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

community based; healthy elderly; swallowing; tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 84861229309     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03935.x     Document Type: Article

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