Drinking water fluoridation and oral health inequities in Canadian children

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages S49-S56

  McLaren, Lindsay ^a   Emery, J C Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Fluoridation; Oral health; Socio economic factors

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

CANADA; FLUORIDATION; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS;

CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ORAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84883479214     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404460     Document Type: Article

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