Tooth counts do not predict bone mineral density in early postmenopausal Caucasian women

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 479-483

  Earnshaw, S A ^a,f   Keating, N ^b   Hosking, D J ^a   Chilvers, C E D ^b   Ravn, P ^c   McClung, M ^d   Wasnich, R D ^e  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d OREGON OSTEOPOROSIS CENTER   (United States)

^e Hawaii Osteoporosis Foundation   (United States)

^f QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Early postmenopause; Osteoporosis; Risk factors; Screening; Tooth loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0031847781     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/27.3.479     Document Type: Article

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