Persistence with weekly alendronate therapy among postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 922-928

  Lo, J C ^a,b   Pressman, A R ^a   Omar, M A ^c   Ettinger, B ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

AGED; ALENDRONATE; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646890408     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0085-2     Document Type: Article

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