Drinking water fluoridation: Bone mineral density and hip fracture incidence

Bone

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-278

  Lehmann, R ^a   Wapniarz, M ^a   Hofmann, B ^a   Pieper, B ^a   Haubitz, I ^b   Allolio, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Drinking water fluoridation; Hip fracture incidence

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUORIDATION; GERMANY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; GERMANY, EAST; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032030524     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00273-1     Document Type: Article

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