Racial Disparities in Osteoporosis Prevention in a Managed Care Population

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 445-451

  Mudano, Amy S ^a   Casebeer, Linda ^a   Patino, Fausto ^a   Allison, Jeroan J ^a   Weissman, Norman W ^a   Kiefe, Catarina I ^a   Person, Sharina ^a   Gilbert, Donna ^a   Saag, Kenneth G ^a,b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; MULTIVITAMIN; RALOXIFENE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MANAGED CARE; NEGRO; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN INTAKE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0041967142     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.SMJ.0000053918.93363.B0     Document Type: Article

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