The management of an endodontically abscessed tooth: Patient health state utility, decision-tree and economic analysis

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Balevi, Ben ^a,b   Shepperd, Sasha ^c  

^a Private Practice #306 ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 39749138865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-7-17     Document Type: Article

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