Bone fragility in Asian and Caucasian men

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-66

  Duan, Yunbo ^a   Seeman, E ^b  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hip fracture; Osteoporosis; Pathogenesis; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0036372740     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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