Correlates of age at menopause and osteoporosis in Saudi women

Clinical and Experimental Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-137

  Addar, M ^a   El Desouki, M ^a   Babay, Z ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Menopause; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MENOPAUSE; MENOPAUSE, PREMATURE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23044454792     PISSN: 03906663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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