Reduced Incidence of Hip Fracture in the Old Order Amish

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 308-313

  Streeten, Elizabeth A ^a   McBride, Daniel J ^a   Lodge, Amy L ^a   Pollin, Toni I ^a   Stinchcomb, David G ^b   Agarwala, Richa ^c   Schäffer, Alejandro A ^c   Shapiro, Jay R ^d,e   Shuldiner, Alan R ^a,f   Mitchell, Braxton D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Armed Forces University   (United States)

^f BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amish; Bone mineral density; Geographic information systems; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

BONE DENSITY; CHRISTIANITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PENNSYLVANIA;

EID: 1642567378     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.0301223     Document Type: Article

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