After the fall: Women's views of fractures in relation to bone health at midlife

Women and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 47-62

  Meadows, Lynn M ^a   Mrkonjic, Linda A ^a   Petersen, Kimberly M A ^b   Lagendyk, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body image; Bone health; Preventive health; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DISEASE; BONE FRAGILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STANDING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ALBERTA; BODY IMAGE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 2942514683     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v39n02_04     Document Type: Article

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