Water fluoridation, bone mass and fracture: A quantitative overview of the literature

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 34-40

  Jones, Graeme ^a   Riley, Malcolm ^b   Couper, David ^b   Dwyer, Terence ^b  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MASS; DENTAL CARIES; FLUORIDATION; FRACTURE; GENDER; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0032968163     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1999.tb01202.x     Document Type: Article

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