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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 31096, Haifa, Israel

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Bercovitz, K., Laufer, D. Carious teeth as indicators to lead exposure. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 50, 724–729 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00194668

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