The incidence of osteoporotic fractures at the University Hospital of Tartu, Estonia

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology, Supplement

Volumn 25, Issue 103, 1996, Pages 13-15

  Haviko, T ^a   Maasalu, K ^a   Seeder, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Prevention

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; USSR; ARTICLE; ESTONIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029946990     PISSN: 03013847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03009749609103738     Document Type: Conference Paper

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