Drinking water fluoridation in South East Queensland: A cost-effectiveness evaluation

Health Promotion Journal of Australia

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-56

  Ciketic, Sadmir ^b   Hayatbakhsh, Mohammad R ^b   Doran, Chris M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; DALY; Dental caries; Dmfs; DMFS; Dmft; DMFT; Fluoridation; South East Queensland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ODDS RATIO; QUEENSLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77951896989     PISSN: 10361073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/he10051     Document Type: Article

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