Targeted education improves the very low recognition of vertebral fractures and osteoporosis management by general internists

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 965-970

  Casez, P ^a   Uebelhart, B ^a   Gaspoz, J M ^a   Ferrari, S ^a   Louis Simonet, M ^a   Rizzoli, R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Education; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33745008679     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-005-0064-z     Document Type: Review

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