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Predictors of Success in Dental Hygiene Education: A Follow–Up Study

Sue Tucker Ward, Mary C. Downey, Ana Luz Thompson and Marie A. Collins
American Dental Hygienists' Association December 2010, 84 (1) 24-28;
Sue Tucker Ward
RDH, MEd
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Mary C. Downey
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Ana Luz Thompson
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