Prevalence of vertebral fractures in a population-based sample in Japan

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 115-118

  Kitazawa, Akira ^a   Kushida, Kazuhiro ^a   Yamazaki, Kaoru ^a   Inoue, Tetsuo ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Aoyama General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Epidemiology; Osteoporosis; Prevalence; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METACARPAL BONE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0035070305     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007740170049     Document Type: Article

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