Cost-effectiveness of extending the coverage of water supply fluoridation for the prevention of dental caries in Australia

Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 369-376

  Cobiac, Linda J ^a   Vos, Theo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; dental caries economics; dental caries epidemiology; fluoridation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; ECONOMICS; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864289729     PISSN: 03015661     EISSN: 16000528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0528.2012.00684.x     Document Type: Article

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