The burden of osteoporotic fractures: A method for setting intervention thresholds

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 417-427

  Kanis, J A ^a   Oden, A ^b   Johnell, O ^c   Jonsson, B ^d   De Laet, C ^e   Dawson, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Consulting Statistician ^*  (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absolute risk; Hip fracture equivalents; Intervention thresholds; Osteoporotic fracture; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034962889     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980170112     Document Type: Article

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