Age-specific fluoride exposure in drinking water and osteosarcoma (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 421-428

  Bassin, Elise B ^a   Wypij, David ^b,c,d   Davis, Roger B ^e   Mittleman, Murray A ^d,e  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Children's Hospital   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Fluoridation; Fluoride; Osteosarcoma

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUORIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BONE NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FLUORIDATION; FLUORIDES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645501908     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-005-0500-6     Document Type: Article

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