Epidemiological study of some factors related to deciduous tooth eruption

T O Lawoyin1, D O Lawoyin, J O Lawoyin

  • 1Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, College of Medicine, UCH, Ibadan, Nigeria.

African Dental Journal : Official Publication of the Federation of African Dental Associations = Journal Dentaire Africain
|January 1, 1996
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