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Oral health of the elderly living in residential homes in Slovenia

  1. Milan Petelin1,
  2. Jasna Cotič2,
  3. Katja Perkič3,
  4. Alenka Pavlič4

Article first published online: 25 MAY 2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00497.x

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Gerodontology

Gerodontology

Volume 29, Issue 2, pages e447–e457, June 2012

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Petelin, M., Cotič, J., Perkič, K. and Pavlič, A. (2012), Oral health of the elderly living in residential homes in Slovenia. Gerodontology, 29: e447–e457. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2011.00497.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

  2. 2

    Community Health Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

  3. 3

    Community Health Centre, Murska Sobota, Slovenia

  4. 4

    Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

*Alenka Pavlič, PhD, Head of Department of Paediatric and Preventive Dentistry, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine, Hrvatski trg 6, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tel.: +386 01 522 42 68 Fax: +386 01 522 24 94 E-mail: alenka.pavlic@mf.uni-lj.si

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 22 MAY 2012
  2. Article first published online: 25 MAY 2011
  3. Accepted 28 November 2010

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