Determinants of vertebral fracture prevalence among native Japanese women and women of Japanese descent living in Hawaii

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Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Huang, Chun ^a   Ross, P D ^a   Fujiwara, S ^b   Davis, J W ^a   Epstein, R S ^c,d   Kodama, K ^b   Wasnich, R D ^a  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Japanese; Migrant study; Osteoporosis; Osteoporotic fracture; Risk factors; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0029940741     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00043-9     Document Type: Article

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