Elevated serum fluoride concentrations in women are not related to fractures and bone mineral density

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2247-2252

  Sowers, MaryFran ^a   Whitford, Gary M ^b   Clark, M Kathleen ^c   Jannausch, Mary L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone fracture; Bone mineral density; Serum fluoride; Water fluoride

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE; HORMONE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELECTRODE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; SINGLE PHOTON DENSITOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 24744468799     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/135.9.2247     Document Type: Article

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