Socioeconomic aspects of fractures within universal public healthcare: A nationwide case-control study from Denmark

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Vestergaard, Peter ^a   Rejnmark, Lars ^a   Mosekilde, Leif ^a  

^a Osteoporosis Clinic   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; epidemiology; fracture; income; osteoporosis; socioeconomic deprivation

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; RALOXIFENE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCOME; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33746558639     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500441223     Document Type: Article

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