Changes of General and Oral Health Status of Elderly Patients Receiving Home-visit Dental Services
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عنوان ژورنال: THE JOURNAL OF THE STOMATOLOGICAL SOCIETY,JAPAN
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1884-5185,0300-9149
DOI: 10.5357/koubyou.72.172