Dentures in dementia: a two-edged sword

Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 606-608

  Langlois, Neil E I ^a,b   Byard, Roger W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DENTURE; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FATALITY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; DENTURES; FATAL OUTCOME; FOREIGN BODIES; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PARKINSON DISEASE; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84947495344     PISSN: 1547769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12024-015-9683-7     Document Type: Article

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