Quantifying the diffused benefit from water fluoridation in the United States

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-129

  Griffin, Susan O ^a   Gooch, Barbara F ^a   Lockwood, Stuart A ^a   Tomar, Scott L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Diffusion effect; DMFS; Halo effect; Water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; FOOD ADDITIVE; MINERAL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DMF INDEX; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; FOOD ADDITIVES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MINERAL WATERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035321477     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0528.2001.290206.x     Document Type: Article

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