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Vietnamese Oral Health Beliefs and Practices: Impact on the Utilization of Western Preventive Oral Health Care

Kim Yen T. Nguyen, Dianne L. Smallidge, Linda D. Boyd and Lori Rainchuso
American Dental Hygienists' Association February 2017, 91 (1) 49-56;
Kim Yen T. Nguyen
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Dianne L. Smallidge
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Linda D. Boyd
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