Elderly African-American and Caucasian men are infrequently screened for osteoporosis

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 714-717

  Richards, J Steuart ^a,b,c,d   Young, Heather A ^a,d   DeSagun, Robert ^a,d   Kerr, Gail S ^a,b,c  

^a Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Male; Osteoporosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL RECORD; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENSITOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17744392833     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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