Self-reported oral health and oral health behaviors in older adults in the last year of life

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1310-1315

  Chen, Xi ^a   Naorungroj, Supawadee ^b   Douglas, Christian E ^b   Beck, James D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

End of life; Older adults; Oral health

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; END OF LIFE; OLDER ADULTS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT;

END OF LIFE; OLDER ADULTS; ORAL HEALTH;

EID: 84884999523     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt024     Document Type: Article

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