Effectiveness of supervised implementation of an oral health care guideline in care homes; a single-blinded cluster randomized controlled trial

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1143-1153

  van der Putten, Gert Jan ^a   Mulder, Jan ^a   de Baat, Cees ^a   de Visschere, Luc M J ^b   Vanobbergen, Jacques N O ^b   Schols, Jos M G A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Care home; Guideline; Nursing home; Older people; Oral health care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876424002     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-012-0793-2     Document Type: Article

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