Oral health status of long-term care residents - A vulnerable population

Journal of the Canadian Dental Association

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Matthews, Debora C ^a   Perio, Dip ^a   Clovis, Joanne B ^a   Brillant, Martha G S ^a   Filiaggi, Mark J ^a   McNally, Mary E ^a   Kotzer, Robert D ^b   Lawrence, Herenia P ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; NOVA SCOTIA; ORAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84862616480     PISSN: 07098936     EISSN: 14882159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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