Equipping the physician assistant workforce to end oral health disparities.

Am J Public Health

Cynthia Booth Lord is with the nccPA Health Foundation, a supporting organization of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), and the Physician Assistant Program at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.

Published: May 2015

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302632DOI Listing

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