Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos)

Drug Development Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-205

  Tenenhouse, Alan ^a   Kreiger, Nancy ^b   Hanley, David ^c  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Multicenter study; Osteoporosis; Pharmacoepidemiology

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034036677     PISSN: 02724391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2299(200003)49:3<201::AID-DDR10>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Review

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