Genetic liability to fractures in the elderly

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1825-1830

  Michaëlsson, Karl ^a   Melhus, Håkan ^a   Ferm, Helene ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^b   Pedersen, Nancy L ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SWEDEN; TELEPHONE; TWINS; VARIANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 25144479851     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.16.1825     Document Type: Article

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