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Can the relation between tooth loss and chronic disease be explained by socio-economic status?

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  1. Department of Oral Health Policy and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 188 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115

    Kaumudi J. Joshipura

  2. Department of Epidemiology,  , Boston, MA

    Kaumudi J. Joshipura

  3. Harvard School of Public Health, University of Alabama, Birmingham, USA

    Christine Ritchie

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Joshipura, K.J., Ritchie, C. Can the relation between tooth loss and chronic disease be explained by socio-economic status?. Eur J Epidemiol 20, 203–204 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-005-1232-3

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