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Does poor oral health status increase the risk of falls?: The JAGES Project Longitudinal Study

We sought to examine if self-reported oral health conditions regarding difficulty eating tough foods, dry mouth, choking, number of teeth and denture use are associated with incident falls. Our study was based on panel data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study conducted in 2010 and 2013 us...

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Autores principales: Mochida, Yuki, Yamamoto, Tatsuo, Fuchida, Shinya, Aida, Jun, Kondo, Katsunori
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5794168/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29389975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192251