Malocclusion, psycho-social impacts and treatment need: A cross-sectional study of Tanzanian primary school-children

BMC Oral Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mtaya, Matilda ^a,b,c   Astrom, Anne N ^a,b   Brudvik, Pongsri ^a  

^a UoB ^*  (Norway)

^b Centre for International Health   (Norway)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

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EID: 44949151539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6831-8-14     Document Type: Article

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