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Association between maximum occlusal force and 3-year all-cause mortality in community-dwelling elderly people

BACKGROUND: Among the very elderly, poor oral health reduces life expectancy. In this study, differences in the magnitude of the maximum occlusal force (MOF) in the very elderly were examined in terms of effects on all-cause mortality in a 3-year follow-up. METHODS: We evaluated 489 community-living...

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Autores principales: Iinuma, Toshimitsu, Arai, Yasumichi, Takayama, Michiyo, Abe, Yukiko, Ito, Tomoka, Kondo, Yugaku, Hirose, Nobuyoshi, Gionhaku, Nobuhito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5009498/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27586200
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-016-0283-z