The fluoridation of drinking water and hip fracture hospitalization rates in two Canadian communities.

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Published in Am J Public Health on May 01, 1993

Authors

M E Suarez-Almazor1, G Flowerdew, L D Saunders, C L Soskolne, A S Russell

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

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