The association of radiographically detected vertebral fractures with back pain and function: A prospective study

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 793-800

  Nevitt, Michael C ^a   Ettinger, Bruce ^b   Black, Dennis M ^a   Stone, Katie ^a   Jamal, Sophie A ^a   Ensrud, Kristine ^c   Segal, Mark ^a   Genant, Harry K ^a   Cummings, Steve R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0032524460     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-10-199805150-00001     Document Type: Article

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