Osteoporotic fracture rate, bone mineral density, and bone metabolism in Taiwan

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 802-805

  Tsai, Keh Sung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

BMD; Bone fracture; Bone mineral density; Bone turnover; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; BULK DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030731069     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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