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The history of public health use of fluorides in caries prevention

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2017-0018 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Language: English
Page range: 140 - 146
Submitted on: Feb 2, 2016
Accepted on: Nov 15, 2016
Published on: Feb 26, 2017
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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