Prevalence of oral lesions and chronic non-communicable diseases in a sample of Chilean institutionalized versus non-institutionalized elderly.

Chile is experiencing a process of demographic aging with an increase in the number of elderly people, a percentage of which resides in Long-term Establishments for the Elderly (LEE). However, there is little information on the reality of the elderly in these long-term care facilities, so this study...

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Main Authors: Carla P. Lozano, Cristian Vergara, Ximena Mulan Mercedes Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Concepción. 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Oral Research
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Online Access:http://joralres.com/index.php/JOR/article/view/joralres.2018.025/396