Prevalence of osteoporosis among postmenopausal women in Sri Lanka: A cross-sectional community study

APLAR Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 234-238

  Lekamwasam, Sarath ^a   Wijayaratne, Lalith ^b   Rodrigo, Mahinda ^a   Hewage, Udul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c Sri Jayawardenapura University   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SRI LANKA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34547483081     PISSN: 02190494     EISSN: 14798077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8077.2007.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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