Fluorides in Dental Public Health Programs

Dental Clinics of North America

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 387-401

  Kumar, Jayanth V ^a,b   Moss, Mark E ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c InterLakes Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; FLUORIDE;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; UNITED STATES;

CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH DENTISTRY; SCHOOL DENTISTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40349085662     PISSN: 00118532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cden.2007.11.003     Document Type: Review

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