Community effectiveness of public water fluoridation in reducing children's dental disease

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 655-664

  Armfield, Jason Mathew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TOOTH DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC OPINION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957971143     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500507     Document Type: Article

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