Oral health knowledge and practices of secondary school students, Tanga, Tanzania

International Journal of Dentistry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Carneiro, Lorna ^a   Kabulwa, Msafiri ^a   Makyao, Mathias ^a   Mrosso, Goodluck ^a   Choum, Ramadhani ^a  

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

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EID: 84855703258     PISSN: 16878728     EISSN: 16878736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/806258     Document Type: Article

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