Fracture risks for women in long-term care: High prevalence of calcaneal osteoporosis and hypovitaminosis D

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 702-710

  Elliott, Mary E ^a   Binkley, Neil C ^b   Carnes, Molly ^b,c   Zimmerman, David R ^a   Petersen, Kim ^d   Knapp, Kathy ^d   Behlke, Jessica M ^d   Ahmann, Nancy ^d   Kieser, Mara A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MERITER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALABSORPTION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLECALCIFEROLS; NURSING HOMES; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; RISK; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0038350758     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1592/phco.23.6.702.32182     Document Type: Article

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