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Knowledge of the Purpose of Community Water Fluoridation—United States, 1990 FREE

JAMA. 1993;269(1):29-32. doi:10.1001/jama.1993.03500010033010
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Public Health Service. Review of fluoride benefits and risks: report of the ad hoc subcommittee of fluoride of the Committee to Coordinate Environmental and Health Related Programs . Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1991;.
CDC.  Public health focus: fluoridation of community water systems. MMWR 1992;;41:372-5,381.
National Institutes of Health. Oral health of United States adults, national findings . Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1987;; publication no. 87-2868.
Melton LJ III.  Fluoride in the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures. J Bone Miner Res 1990;;5 ( (suppl 1) ):S163.
Riggs BL, Hodgson SF, O'Fallon WM, et al.  Effects of fluoride treatment on the fracture rate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. N Engl J Med 1990;; 322:802-9.
Kleerekoper M, Peterson EL, Nelson DA, et al.  A randomized trial of sodium fluoride as a treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis. Osteoporosis International 1991;;1:155-61.
Sowers MF, Clark MK, Jannausch ML, Wallace RB.  A prospective study of bone mineral content and fracture in communities with different fluoride exposure. Am J Epidemiol 1991;;133:649-60.
Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Brody JA, Stiers W, Rimm AA.  Regional variation in the incidence of hip fracture. JAMA 1990;;264:500-2.
Danielson C, Lyon JL, Egger M, Goodenough GK.  Hip fractures and fluoridation in Utah's elderly population. JAMA 1992;;286:746-8.
Kleerekoper M.  'Please pass the roach poison again' [Editorial]. JAMA 1992;;286:781-2.
Gordon SL, Corbin SB.  Summary of workshop on drinking water fluoride influence on hip fracture [and] on bone health. Osteoporosis International 1992;;286: 109-17.
Jacobsen SJ, O'Fallon WM, Melton LJ III.  Hip fracture incidence before and after fluoridation of the public water supply: Rochester, Minnesota, 1950-1969. Am J Public Health (in press).

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Public Health Service. Review of fluoride benefits and risks: report of the ad hoc subcommittee of fluoride of the Committee to Coordinate Environmental and Health Related Programs . Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, 1991;.
CDC.  Public health focus: fluoridation of community water systems. MMWR 1992;;41:372-5,381.
National Institutes of Health. Oral health of United States adults, national findings . Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, 1987;; publication no. 87-2868.
Melton LJ III.  Fluoride in the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures. J Bone Miner Res 1990;;5 ( (suppl 1) ):S163.
Riggs BL, Hodgson SF, O'Fallon WM, et al.  Effects of fluoride treatment on the fracture rate in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. N Engl J Med 1990;; 322:802-9.
Kleerekoper M, Peterson EL, Nelson DA, et al.  A randomized trial of sodium fluoride as a treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis. Osteoporosis International 1991;;1:155-61.
Sowers MF, Clark MK, Jannausch ML, Wallace RB.  A prospective study of bone mineral content and fracture in communities with different fluoride exposure. Am J Epidemiol 1991;;133:649-60.
Jacobsen SJ, Goldberg J, Brody JA, Stiers W, Rimm AA.  Regional variation in the incidence of hip fracture. JAMA 1990;;264:500-2.
Danielson C, Lyon JL, Egger M, Goodenough GK.  Hip fractures and fluoridation in Utah's elderly population. JAMA 1992;;286:746-8.
Kleerekoper M.  'Please pass the roach poison again' [Editorial]. JAMA 1992;;286:781-2.
Gordon SL, Corbin SB.  Summary of workshop on drinking water fluoride influence on hip fracture [and] on bone health. Osteoporosis International 1992;;286: 109-17.
Jacobsen SJ, O'Fallon WM, Melton LJ III.  Hip fracture incidence before and after fluoridation of the public water supply: Rochester, Minnesota, 1950-1969. Am J Public Health (in press).
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