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Access to Dental Care Depends on Appreciation of Demographics and Economics. 获得牙科护理取决于对人口统计学和经济学的理解。

The Journal of the American College of Dentists Pub Date : 2016-02-01

H Barry Waldman, Steven P Perlman

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