Oral Health Self-Care Behaviors of Rural Older Adults
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Oral health self-care behaviors of rural older adults.
OBJECTIVES This analysis describes the dental self-care behaviors used by a multiethnic sample of older adults and delineates the associations of self-care behaviors with personal characteristics and oral health problems. METHODS A cross-sectional comprehensive oral health survey conducted with a random, multiethnic (African-American, American Indian, white) sample of 635 community-dwelling r...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Public Health Dentistry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0022-4006,1752-7325
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-7325.2009.00121.x