Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 125-128 , September 2010

Oral care help to maintain nutritional status in frail older people

  • Yasunori Sumi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Oral and Dental Surgery, Department of Advanced Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 36-3, Gengo, Morioka, Obu 474-8511, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 562 46 2311x731; fax: +81 562 44 8518.
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  • Nobuyoshi Ozawa

      Affiliations

    • Division of Oral and Dental Surgery, Department of Advanced Medicine, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 36-3, Gengo, Morioka, Obu 474-8511, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroko Miura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Health, National Institute of Public Health, 2-3-6, Minami, Wako-shi, Saitama, Japan
    • ,
  • Yukihiro Michiwaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Surgery, Musashino Red-Cross Hospital, 1-26-1, Sakaiminami, Musashino, Japan
    • ,
  • Osami Umemura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral Surgery, Aichi Sannomaru Hospital, 3-2-1, Sannomaru, Naka-ku, Nagoya, Japan

Received 10 March 2009 ,Revised 2 September 2009 ,Accepted 8 September 2009.

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PII: S0167-4943(09)00238-6

doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.09.038

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume 51, Issue 2 , Pages 125-128 , September 2010

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