Fluoride-treated water and the problem of merit goods

Water Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 38-52

  Mendoza, Roger Lee ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Anti fluoridationists; Customer bundling; Externalities; Fluoridationists; Fluoride; Health promotion; Merit goods; Oral health; Unidimensional policy space; Water fluoridation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751498774     PISSN: 13667017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wp.2010.127     Document Type: Article

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