Low bone mineral content is common but osteoporotic fractures are rare in elderly rural gambian women

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1019-1025

  Aspray, Terence J ^a,b,d   Prentice, Ann ^a,d   Cole, Timothy J ^a,d   Sawo, Yankuba ^a,d   Reeve, Jonathon ^c   Francis, Roger M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Clinical Research Centre   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0029894957     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650110720     Document Type: Article

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