The Lancet
Volume 393, Issue 10168, 2019, Pages 223-225

Skeletal fluorosis in a resettled refugee from Kakuma refugee camp (Letter) (Open Access)

Fabreau G.E. , Bauman P. , Coakley A.L. , Johnston K. , Kennel K.A. , Gifford J.L. , Sadrzadeh H.M. , Whitford G.M. , Whyte M.P. , Kline G.A.
  • a Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
  • b Advisian, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • c Department of Family Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
  • d Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
  • e Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, United States
  • f Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
  • g Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada
  • h Department of Oral Biology, College of Dental Medicine, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States
  • i Center for Metabolic Bone Disease and Molecular Research, Shriners Hospital for Children, St Louis, MO, United States, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, United States
  • j Department of Medicine, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada

Abstract

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Index Keywords

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DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32842-3
ISSN: 01406736
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English