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Y Sasaki1, Y Sumi, Y Miyazaki

  • 1Section of Pediatric Dentistry and Section of Preventive Dentistry, Division of Oral Health, Growth and Development, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan. sasakiy@dent.kyushu-u.ac.jp

International Journal of Paediatric Dentistry
|March 10, 2004
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