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Tongue Microbiota and Oral Health Status in Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults

Tongue microbiota are a dominant source of oral microbial populations that are ingested with saliva, and therefore careful attention is required for the maintenance of health of elderly adults, who are susceptible to aspiration of oral contents. This study aimed to investigate the variation in tongu...

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Autores principales: Asakawa, Mikari, Takeshita, Toru, Furuta, Michiko, Kageyama, Shinya, Takeuchi, Kenji, Hata, Jun, Ninomiya, Toshiharu, Yamashita, Yoshihisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6094060/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30111628
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00332-18