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Relationship between tooth loss, low masticatory ability, and nutritional indices in the elderly: a cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Low masticatory ability and the resulting decrease in intake of masticable foods can result in undernutrition. The present study investigated the relationship between tooth loss, low masticatory ability, and nutritional indices in the elderly. METHODS: The data analyzed in this study wer...

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Autores principales: Okamoto, Nozomi, Amano, Nobuko, Nakamura, Tomiyo, Yanagi, Motokazu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6567659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31196057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12903-019-0778-5