Sugar industry influence on the scientific agenda of the National Institute of Dental Research's 1971 National Caries Program: a historical analysis of internal documents.

In 1966, the National Institute of Dental Research (NIDR) began planning a targeted research program to identify interventions for widespread application to eradicate dental caries (tooth decay) within a decade. In 1971, the NIDR launched the National Caries Program (NCP). The objective of this pape...

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Main Authors: Cristin E Kearns, Stanton A Glantz, Laura A Schmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4355299?pdf=render