Genetic factors and osteoporotic fractures in elderly people: Prospective 25 year follow up of a nationwide cohort of elderly Finnish twins

British Medical Journal

Volumn 319, Issue 7221, 1999, Pages 1334-1337

  Kannus, Pekka ^a   Palvanen, Mika ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^b   Parkkari, Jari ^a   Koskenvuo, Markku ^c  

^a UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0033589726     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.319.7221.1334     Document Type: Article

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