Edentulism Associates with Worse Cognitive Performance in Community-Dwelling Elders in Rural Ecuador: Results of the Atahualpa Project

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1097-1100

  Del Brutto, Oscar H ^a,b,f   Gardener, Hannah ^c   Del Brutto, Victor J ^d   Maestre, Gladys E ^e   Zambrano, Mauricio ^d   Montenegro, Jipson E ^d   Wright, Clinton B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICA KENNEDY   (Ecuador)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d The Atahualpa Project   (Ecuador)

^e Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^f Air Center 3542   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Community dwelling elders; Developing countries; Edentulism; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Oral health; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 84912033404     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-014-9857-3     Document Type: Article

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