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Response: Re: Care of Patients Who Are Worried about Mercury Poisoning from Dental Fillings

David Vearrier and Michael I. Greenberg
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2011, 24 (4) 477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.04.110076
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David Vearrier, Michael I. Greenberg
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