Health and Literacy: Supporting the Oral Health Research Agenda
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Rima E. Rudd MSPH, ScD
Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, NIDCR/NIH, Bldg. 45 Rm. 4AS.37A, Bethesda, MD 20892–6401. Phone: (301)594–5391; Fax: (301)480–8254. E-mail: [email protected] . Dr. Rudd is affiliated with the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health.
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Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, NIDCR/NIH, Bldg. 45 Rm. 4AS.37A, Bethesda, MD 20892–6401. Phone: (301)594–5391; Fax: (301)480–8254. E-mail: [email protected] . Dr. Rudd is affiliated with the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health.
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Rima E. Rudd MSPH, ScD
Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, NIDCR/NIH, Bldg. 45 Rm. 4AS.37A, Bethesda, MD 20892–6401. Phone: (301)594–5391; Fax: (301)480–8254. E-mail: [email protected] . Dr. Rudd is affiliated with the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health.
Send correspondence and reprint requests to Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, NIDCR/NIH, Bldg. 45 Rm. 4AS.37A, Bethesda, MD 20892–6401. Phone: (301)594–5391; Fax: (301)480–8254. E-mail: [email protected].Search for more papers by this authorAlice M. Horowitz PhD
Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, NIDCR/NIH, Bldg. 45 Rm. 4AS.37A, Bethesda, MD 20892–6401. Phone: (301)594–5391; Fax: (301)480–8254. E-mail: [email protected] . Dr. Rudd is affiliated with the Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health.
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