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The needs of the homebound and institutionalized in South Australia, 1977
Author(s) -
Vowles N. J.,
Watson B. I.,
Dahl Barbara J.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian dental journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1834-7819
pISSN - 0045-0421
DOI - 10.1111/j.1834-7819.1979.tb03618.x
Subject(s) - dental care , medicine , institutionalisation , gerontology , family medicine , psychiatry
A bstract — A survey of 1,658 homebound and institutionalized persons suggested that about 7,000 chronically ill South Australians may need dental care and that such treatment is currently unavailable to the great majority of them.