Dental Health Behaviors, Dentition, and Mortality in the Elderly: The Leisure World Cohort Study

In the last decade the effect of oral health on the general health and mortality of elderly people has attracted attention. We explored the association of dental health behaviors and dentition on all-cause mortality in 5611 older adults followed from 1992 to 2009 (median=9 years) and calculated risk...

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Main Authors: Annlia Paganini-Hill, Stuart C. White, Kathryn A. Atchison
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Aging Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/156061