Incidence of fractures after the age of 50 years in the Lebanese population and osteoporosis;Incidence fracturaire après 50 ans et implications en termes d'ostéoporose dans la population libanaise

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 27-32

  Baddouraa, R ^a   Okais, J ^a   Awada, H ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Fractures; Incidence; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0035708877     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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