European citizens' opinions on water fluoridation

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-102

  Griffin, Marcus ^a   Shickle, Darren ^a   Moran, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European public attitudes; Water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC OPINION;

EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FLUORIDATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 40549134233     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2007.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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