Brittle bones: Ageing or threat of disease Exploring women's cultural models of osteoporosis

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-326

  Reventlow, Susanne ^a   Bang, Hanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Health education; lay comprehension; osteoporosis; qualitative research; risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DENMARK; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEER GROUP; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST;

AGING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33744920595     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500327869     Document Type: Article

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