Association between dentures and the rate of falls in dementia

Medical Devices: Evidence and Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 225-230

  Eshkoor, Sima Ataollahi ^a   Hamid, Tengku Aizan ^a   Nudin, Siti Sa'adiah Hassan ^b   Mun, Chan Yoke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Dementia; Fall; Functional decline; Oral health

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; HEALTH; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FALL; FUNCTIONAL DECLINE; ORAL HEALTHS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DENTURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOOTH;

EID: 84903207869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/MDER.S63220     Document Type: Article

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