Lifetime fracture risk: An approach to hip fracture risk assessment based on bone mineral density and age

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 985-994

  Joseph^Melton III L ^a   Kan, Stephen H ^a   Wahner, Heinz W ^a   Lawrence Riggs, B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Epidemiology; Hip fracture; Incidence; Lifetime; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; BONE DEMINERALIZATION; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGE; MINERALS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024246095     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0895-4356(88)90036-4     Document Type: Article

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