Bone mineral density measurement and osteoporosis treatment after a fragility fracture in older adults: Regional variation and determinants of use in Quebec

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Vanasse, Alain ^a,b   Dagenais, Pierre ^c   Niyonsenga, Théophile ^b   Grégoire, Jean Pierre ^d   Courteau, Josiane ^b   Hemiari, Abbas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 23944511479     PISSN: 14712474     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-6-33     Document Type: Article

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