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Impaired Eating and Swallowing Function in Older Adults in the Community: The Kurihara Project

Introduction: Older adults with dementia often develop aspiration pneumonia as a complication due to deterioration of swallowing function. Herein, we report our findings of eating and swallowing-related functions in elderly local residents. Methods: The subjects were 229 elderly residents in Kurihar...

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Autores principales: Takahashi, Kyoko, Amemiya, Katsuaki, Nakatsuka, Masahiro, Nakamura, Kei, Kasai, Mari, Meguro, Kenichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6843942/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31652511
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16204040