Screening for postmenopausal osteoporosis women with distal radius fracture should be evaluated for bone density;Utredning av postmenopausal osteoporos: Kvinnor med distal radiusfraktur bör bentäthetsmätas

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Volumn 100, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 31-34

  Jutberger, Hans ^a   Sinclair, Håkan ^b   Malmqvist, Bengt ^c   Obrant, Karl ^d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Alingsås lasarett   (Sweden)

^c Lanssjukhuset Gavle Sandviken ^*  (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HIP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIUS FRACTURE; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLLES FRACTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLES' FRACTURE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL;

EID: 0345305254     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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