Ethnic variation in risk for osteoporosis among women: A review of biological and behavioral factors

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 709-719

  Pothiwala, Pooja ^a   Evans, Ellen M ^a   Chapman Novakofski, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ALFACALCIDOL; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; RALOXIFENE; RECOMBINANT PARATHYROID HORMONE; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; TERIPERATIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; BREAST CANCER; CALCIUM INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISPANIC; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SPINE FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN INTAKE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; LIFE STYLE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33748452233     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2006.15.709     Document Type: Review

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