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

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

Author(s) -

María E. Suärez-Almazor,

Gordon Flowerdew,

Leon Saunders,

Colin L. Soskolne,

Anthony S. Russell

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.83.5.689

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , demography , water fluoridation , population , gerontology , dentistry , environmental health , osteoporosis , fluoride , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , sociology

The purpose of this study was to compare hip fracture hospitalization rates between a fluoridated and a non-fluoridated community in Alberta, Canada: Edmonton, which has had fluoridated drinking water since 1967, and Calgary, which considered fluoridation in 1991 but is currently revising this decision.

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