Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Page 137 , January 2010

Comment on “Association of some specific nutrient deficiencies with periodontal disease in elderly people: a systematic literature review”

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doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.08.028

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Page 137 , January 2010