Osteoporosis preventive care in white and black women in community family medicine settings

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 677-682

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Health services research; Osteoporosis; Women's health

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEGRO; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34447301766     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e318038d45e     Document Type: Article

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