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Dental utilization by children in Hispanic agricultural worker families in California. 加利福尼亚州西班牙裔农业工人家庭儿童的牙科使用情况。

Journal of dental, oral and craniofacial epidemiology Pub Date : 2014-01-01

Tracy L Finlayson, Stuart A Gansky, Sara G Shain, Jane A Weintraub

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International Classification of Diseases Codes and their Use in Dentistry. 国际疾病分类代码及其在牙科中的应用。

Journal of dental, oral and craniofacial epidemiology Pub Date : 2013-10-01

Darien Weatherspoon, Amit Chattopadhyay

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Improving Patient Care Using the Johnson-Neyman Analysis of Heterogeneity of Treatment Effects According to Individuals' Baseline Characteristics. 基于个体基线特征的治疗效果异质性的Johnson-Neyman分析改善患者护理。

Journal of dental, oral and craniofacial epidemiology Pub Date : 2013-10-01

Ann A Lazar, Stuart A Gansky, Donald D Halstead, Anthony Slajs, Jane A Weintraub

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