Determining the prevalence of osteoporosis and related factors using quantitative ultrasound in Vietnamese adult women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 824-830

  Hien, Vu Thi Thu ^a,b   Khan, Nguyen Cong ^b   Lam, Nguyen Thi ^b   Mal, Le Bach ^b   Le, DucSon NguyenTrung ^a,b   Nhung, Bui Thi ^a,b   Nakamori, Masayo ^a   Kunii, Daisuke ^a   Sakai, Tohru ^a   Yamamoto, Shigera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Cross sectional studies; Osteoporasis; Risk factors; Ultrasonics; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OCCUPATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; HANOI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 20244374971     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi105     Document Type: Article

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