Public opinions on community water fluoridation

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 96-100

  Quiñonez, Carlos R ^a   Locker, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fluoridation; Policy; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC OPINION; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DENTAL CARIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 64949164835     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405514     Document Type: Article

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