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Oral Manifestations of Menopause: An Interprofessional Intervention for Dental Hygiene and Physician Assistant Students

Windy L. Rothmund, Ann D. O'Kelley-Wetmore, Merri L. Jones and Michael B. Smith
American Dental Hygienists' Association December 2017, 91 (6) 21-32;
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