A study of male patients with forearm fracture in Northern Ireland

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-195

  Wright, Stephen ^a   Beringer, Timothy ^b   Taggart, Hugh ^c   Keegan, Don ^d   Kelly, Jim ^e   Whithead, Esme ^f   McKane, Roly ^g   McNally, Colette ^a   McQuilken, Margaret ^a   Finch, Michael ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f ANTRIM AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colles fracture; Male osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FALLING; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; COLLES' FRACTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN IRELAND; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS; TESTOSTERONE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33845870651     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10067-006-0261-y     Document Type: Article

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