Prevalence of vertebral fractures in an urban population in Croatia aged fifty and older

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 42-47

  Grazio, Simeon ^a   Koršić, Mirko ^b   Jajić, Ivo ^a  

^a SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Morphometry; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URBAN POPULATION; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 17444409991     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-004-0292-9     Document Type: Article

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