Osteoporotic fragility fractures in African Americans: Under-recognized and undertreated

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1640-1645

  Alam, Neelofar M ^a   Archer, Juanita A ^a   Lee, Euni ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; X RAY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 10344245097     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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