Dental status and incident falls among older Japanese: A prospective cohort study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Yamamoto, Tatsuo ^a   Kondo, Katsunori ^b   Misawa, Jimpei ^b   Hirai, Hiroshi ^c   Nakade, Miyo ^d   Aida, Jun ^e   Kondo, Naoki ^f   Kawachi, Ichiro ^g   Hirata, Yukio ^a  

^a KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b NIHON FUKUSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TOKAI GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTURE; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

EID: 84865150598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001262     Document Type: Article

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