Vertebral fractures, osteoporosis and vitamin D levels in Chilean postmenopausal women;Fracturas vertebrales, osteoporosis y vitamina D en la posmenopausia. Estudio en 555 mujeres en Chile

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-36

  Rodríguez P, José Adolfo ^a,b,c   Valdivia C, Gonzalo ^a   Trincado M, Patricio ^c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Densitometry, X ray; Femoral neck fractures; Osteoporosis, postmenopausal; Spine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; CALCIFEDIOL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BONE DENSITY; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE FRACTURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIFEDIOL; CHILE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; POSTMENOPAUSE; SPINAL FRACTURES; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33947095678     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: 07176163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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