Oral health of institutionalized elderly in Belgrade
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Oral Health and Rehabilitation among the Institutionalized Elderly
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta stomatologica Naissi
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0352-5252
DOI: 10.5937/asn1470408s