Public perceptions and self-reported prevalence of osteoporosis in South Australia

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 552-556

  Phillipov, G ^a,d   Phillips, P J ^a   Leach, G ^b   Taylor, A W ^c  

^a Queen Elizabeth Hospital   (Canada)

^b Osteoporosis Australia   (Canada)

^c South Australian Health Commission   (Australia)

^d Endocrine and Diabetes Service   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community perceptions; Health survey; Knowledge; Risk factors; Self reported prevalence

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031698794     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050098     Document Type: Article

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