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Treatment of a Culturally Diverse Refugee Population: Dental hygiene students' perceptions and experiences

Bianca M. Capozzi, Lori J. Giblin-Scanlon and Lori Rainchuso
American Dental Hygienists' Association April 2018, 92 (2) 50-56;
Bianca M. Capozzi
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