Putting your money where your mouth is: Parents' valuation of good oral health of their children

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2200-2206

  Vermaire, J H ^a   van Exel, N J A ^b   van Loveren, C ^a   Brouwer, W B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Dentistry; Knowledge; Oral health; The Netherlands; Willingness to invest

Indexed keywords

CHILD; KNOWLEDGE; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARTICLE; CARIES PREVENTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOOTH BRUSHING;

CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORAL HEALTH; PARENTS; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84869509088     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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