Community water fluoridation, bone mineral density, and fractures: Prospective study of effects in older women

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7265, 2000, Pages 860-864

  Phipps, Kathy R ^a   Orwoll, Eric S ^b   Mason, Jill D ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SUPPLY; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 0034619024     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7265.860     Document Type: Article

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