Fluoride in drinking water and risk of hip fracture in the UK: A case-control study

Lancet

Volumn 355, Issue 9200, 2000, Pages 265-269

  Hillier, Sharon ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Kellingray, Sam ^a   Russell, Graham ^b   Hughes, Herbert ^b   Coggon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034700823     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)07161-5     Document Type: Article

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