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Moving Research Knowledge into Dental Hygiene Practice

Sandra J Cobban, Eunice M Edgington and Joanne B Clovis
American Dental Hygienists' Association April 2008, 82 (2) 21;
Sandra J Cobban
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Eunice M Edgington
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Joanne B Clovis
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