Osteoporosis in the home health care setting: A window of opportunity?

Arthritis Care and Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 971-975

  Curtis, Jeffrey R ^a   Kim, Young ^a   Bryant, Tara ^b   Allison, Jeroan ^a   Scott, Dana ^b   Saag, Kenneth G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Alacare Home Health and Hospice   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIUM; COMORBIDITY; DIPHOSPHONATES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33845494069     PISSN: 21514658     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.22349     Document Type: Article

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