Is water fluoridation effective in reducing inequalities in dental caries distribution in developing countries? Recent findings from Brazil

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 302-310

  Peres, Marco Aurélio ^a   Antunes, José Leopoldo Fereira ^b   Peres, Karen Glazer ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Dental caries; Epidemiology; Health policy; Socio economic factors; Water Fluoridation

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DENTAL CARE; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; WATER SUPPLY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAZIL; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH SURVEYS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33751101581     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-006-5057-y     Document Type: Article

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