Prevalence and incidence of vertebral deformities

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 113-119

  Melton III, L J ^a   Lane, A W ^a   Cooper, C ^a   Eastell, R ^a   O'Fallon, W M ^a   Riggs, B L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Osteoporosis; Prevalence; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGE; MINNESOTA; PREVALENCE; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0027204989     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623271     Document Type: Article

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