The effect of water fluoridation on the bone mineral density of young women

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 388-391

  Arnold, Cathy M ^a,c   Bailey, Donald A ^a   Faulkner, Robert A ^a   McKay, Heather A ^a   McCulloch, Robert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DIET; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUORIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; TRABECULAR BONE; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031449408     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403912     Document Type: Article

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