Survey of osteoporosis preventive care in community family medicine settings

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 724-730

  Gourlay, Margaret L ^a,b   Preisser, John S ^a   Callahan, Leigh F ^a   Linville, Julie C ^a   Sloane, Philip D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 33845386393     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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