Cost-benefit analysis of a worksite oral-health promotion program

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-36

  Ichihashi, Toru ^a,b   Muto, Takashi ^b   Shibuya, Koji ^a  

^a Lion Foundation for Dental Health   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Effectiveness; Oral health; Worksite

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION; DENTIST; EMPLOYEE ATTITUDE; EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MOUTH HYGIENE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; TOOTH BRUSHING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEES, DENTAL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL HEALTH; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33846860628     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.32     Document Type: Conference Paper

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