Caregivers who refuse preventive care for their children: The relationship between immunization and topical fluoride refusal

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1327-1333

  Chi, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE VARNISH;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; FLUORIDES, TOPICAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VACCINATION;

EID: 84902668738     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301927     Document Type: Article

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