Halitosis and associated factors in institutionalized elderly persons

Abstract Objective: to evaluate the prevalence of halitosis and associated factors in institutionalized elderly persons. Methods: a sectional study was performed with 268 elderly persons from 11 long-term care institutions in Natal in the northeast of Brazil. Data collection included an oral epide...

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Main Authors: Maria Cecília Azevedo de Aguiar, Natália Cristina Garcia Pinheiro, Karolina Pires Marcelino, Kenio Costa de Lima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti) 2017-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232017000600856&tlng=pt