The cost-effectiveness of fluoridating water supplies in New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 170-178

  Wright, Janice C ^b   Bates, Michael N ^a   Cutress, Terry ^b   Lee, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035013310     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2001.tb01841.x     Document Type: Article

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