Low bone mineral density measurements in care home residents - A treatable cause of fractures

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-41

  Aspray, Terry J ^a   Stevenson, Pamela ^a   Abdy, Sharon E ^a   Rawlings, David J ^b   Holland, Tom ^a   Francis, Roger M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; British; Care homes; Dementia; Elderly; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CHI SQUARE TEST; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS;

BOVINE RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS;

EID: 31144466233     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afj018     Document Type: Article

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