The occurrence of xerostomia and salivary gland hypofunction in a population-based sample of older South Australians

  1. W. Murray Thomson BDS, MComDent, MA1,
  2. Jane M. Chalmers BDS, MS2,
  3. A. John Spencer BDS, MDSc, MPH, PhD3,
  4. Mohammad Ketabi BDS, MDS4

Article first published online: 12 MAR 2008

DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1999.tb01363.x

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Special Care in Dentistry

Special Care in Dentistry

Volume 19, Issue 1, pages 20–23, January 1999

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Thomson, W. M., Chalmers, J. M., Spencer, A. J. and Ketabi, M. (1999), The occurrence of xerostomia and salivary gland hypofunction in a population-based sample of older South Australians. Special Care in Dentistry, 19: 20–23. doi: 10.1111/j.1754-4505.1999.tb01363.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Dental Public Health, The University of Otago School of Dentistry, PO Box 647, Dunedin, New Zealand.

  2. 2

    Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Dental Statistics and Research Unit, Department of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide, Australia.

  3. 3

    Professor of Social and Preventive Dentistry, Department of Dentistry, The University of Adelaide.

  4. 4

    Lecturer in Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Azad University at Khorasgan, Isfalian, Iran, and was formerly a post-graduate student in the Department of Dentistry, Tlie University of Adelaide.

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