Determinants of Dental Service Utilization in the Elderly
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Division of Aging and Geriatric Dentistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan Comprehensive Dentistry, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan Division of Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan International Advance Interdisciplinary Research, Tohoku University International Advanced Research and Education Organization, Sendai, Japan
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