Dental status and incident falls among older Japanese: a prospective cohort study

OBJECTIVE: To examine if self-reported number of teeth, denture use and chewing ability are associated with incident falls. DESIGN: Longitudinal cohort study (the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study). SETTING: 5 Japanese municipalities. PARTICIPANTS: 1763 community-dwelling individuals aged 65 yea...

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Published in:BMJ Open
Main Authors: Yamamoto, Tatsuo, Kondo, Katsunori, Misawa, Jimpei, Hirai, Hiroshi, Nakade, Miyo, Aida, Jun, Kondo, Naoki, Kawachi, Ichiro, Hirata, Yukio
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Group 2012
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Dentistry and Oral Medicine
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4400665/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22855628
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001262
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