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The Relationship Between Diet, Nutrition and Dental Health: an Overview and Update for the 90s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Paula J. Moynihan
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The Dental School, University of Newcastle, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4BW
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