Dental tooth decay profile in an institutionalized elder population of Northern Portugal
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Dental Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2178-6011
DOI: 10.14295/bds.2020.v23i2.1940