Does the presence of postmenopausal symptoms influence susceptibility to vertebral deformity?

Maturitas

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 179-187

  Scoutellas, V ^a   O'Neill, T W ^a   Lunt, M ^b   Reeve, J ^b   Silman, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal symptoms; Vertebral deformity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FLUSHING; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SMOKING; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

BONE DENSITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 0032794718     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5122(99)00025-0     Document Type: Article

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