The prevalence of osteoporosis in the Hong Kong Chinese female population

Maturitas

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Lau, Edith M C ^a   Woo, Jean ^a   Sham, Aprille ^a   Chan, Kai Ming ^a   Lee, Simon ^a   Leung, Ping Chung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Hong Kong women; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HIP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE;

EID: 0032774821     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(99)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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