The relationship between anthropometric measurements and fractures in women

Bone

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 407-413

  Gunnes, Magnar ^a,d   Lehmann, E H ^a   Mellstrom, D ^b   Johnell, O ^c  

^a Ctr for Clin Osteoporosis Research   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CECOR   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Enquiry; Fractures; Osteoporosis; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0030272358     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(96)00196-2     Document Type: Article

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