Associations between low levels of serum estradiol, bone density, and fractures among elderly women: The study of osteoporotic fractures

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2239-2243

  Ettinger, Bruce ^a   Pressman, Alice ^e   Sklarin, Peter ^e   Bauer, Douglas C ^b   Cauley, Jane A ^d   Cummings, Steven R ^b,c  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINE;

EID: 0031759142     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.7.2239     Document Type: Article

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