When public action undermines public health: A critical examination of antifluoridationist literature

Australia and New Zealand Health Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Armfield, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DISASTER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORIDATION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; INTERNET; POLITICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 38949196366     PISSN: 17438462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8462-4-25     Document Type: Article

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