Risk factors for fracture of the shafts of the tibia and fibula in older individuals

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-149

  Kelsey, Jennifer L ^a,b   Keegan, Theresa H M ^a   Prill, Mila M ^a   Quesenberry Jr , Charles P ^c   Sidney, Stephen ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Fibula shaft fracture; Osteoporosis; Risk factors; Tibia shaft fracture

Indexed keywords

THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FIBULA; FIBULA FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH STATUS; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIBIA SHAFT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FIBULA; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE SYMPORTER INHIBITORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 29144488453     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-005-1947-8     Document Type: Article

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