Risk factors for proximal humerus, forearm, and wrist fractures in elderly men and women: The Dubbo osteoporosis epidemiology study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 587-595

  Nguyen, Tuan V ^a,b   Center, Jacqueline R ^a   Sambrook, Philip N ^a,c   Eisman, John A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Bone density; Forearm; Fractures; Humeral fractures; Humerus; Osteoporosis; Prospective studies

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WRIST FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS FRACTURES; RISK FACTORS; ULNA FRACTURES; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0035869596     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.6.587     Document Type: Article

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