Epidemiology of osteoporotic fractures in Europe: Towards biologic mechanisms: The European Prospective Osteoporosis Study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1997, Pages

  Reeve, J ^a,c   Silman, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0031455675     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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