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Dental status and incident falls among older Japanese: a prospective cohort study
OBJECTIVE: To examine if self-reported number of teeth, denture use and chewing ability are associated with incident falls. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study (the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study). SETTING: 5 Japanese municipalities. PARTICIPANTS: 1763 community-dwelling individuals aged 65 yea...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Group
2012
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4400665/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22855628 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001262 |