Options for types of dental health personnel to train for ghana.

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Published in Ghana Med J on January 01, 2006

Authors

Me Addo1, P Batchelor, A Sheiham

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

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