Awareness and health beliefs of women towards osteoporosis

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 595-601

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a   Hong, Ching Ye ^a   Lee, Jeanette ^a   Wong, Mee Lian ^a   Chan, Mei Fen ^b   Cheng, Angela ^a   Leong, Keng Hong ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^c GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Knowledge; Osteoporosis; Risk factors; Singapore; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; MORBIDITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0043028686     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1403-6     Document Type: Article

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