Osteoporosis health-related behavior among healthy peri-menopausal and post-menopausal Israeli Jewish and Arab women

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 100-107

  Werner, Perla ^a   Olchovsky, David ^b   Vered, Iris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arab women; Ethnic groups; Osteoporosis; Preventive behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; JEW; KNOWLEDGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ARABS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISRAEL; JEWS; KNOWLEDGE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL;

EID: 23244443925     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324581     Document Type: Article

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