Burden of poor oral health in older age: Findings from a population-based study of older British men

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Ramsay, S E ^a   Whincup, P H ^b   Watt, R G ^a   Tsakos, G ^a   Papacosta, A O ^a   Lennon, L T ^a   Wannamethee, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GINGIVA BLEEDING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PERIODONTAL POCKET; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOOTH DISEASE; VERY ELDERLY; XEROSTOMIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DENTAL CARIES; HEALTH; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOUTH, EDENTULOUS; ORAL HEALTH; PERIODONTAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 84960451299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009476     Document Type: Article

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