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Oral Health as a Predictor of Physical Frailty among Rural Community-Dwelling Elderly in an Agricultural County of Taiwan: A Cross-Sectional Study

We conducted a cross-sectional study to clarify the relationship between oral health and physical frailty (PF). A sample of 903 community-dwelling individuals aged ≥ 65 years were enrolled from random communities in Chiayi County. The self-perceived oral health (SPOH) and oral health assessment tool...

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Autores principales: Kuo, Ya-Wen, Chen, Mei-Yen, Chang, Li-Ching, Lee, Jiann-Der
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8464879/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189805