The association between low bone mass at the menopause and cardiovascular mortality

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Von der Recke, Peter ^a   Hansen, Marc Allan ^a   Hassager, Christian ^a  

^a CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0033105456     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(99)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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