Water fluoridation

BMJ

Volumn 322, Issue 7300, 2001, Pages 1486-

  Jones, Graeme ^a   Connett, Paul ^b   Gibson, Sheila L M ^c   Gibson, Robin G ^c   Holloway, P J ^d   Mcdonagh, Marian S ^e   Kleijnen, Jos ^e   Schmidt, T C ^f   Phipps, Kathy ^g   Orwoll, Eric ^g   Mason, Jill ^g   Cauley, Jane ^h   Auley, Don Mac ⁱ  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

^b ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f Clairemont Town Council   (United States)

^g OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

ⁱ Navan   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007685482     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7300.1486     Document Type: Letter

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