The Oslo Health Study: Is bone mineral density higher in affluent areas?

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Alver, Kari ^a   Søgaard, Anne J ^a,b   Falch, Jan A ^c   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 38849098284     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-9276-6-19     Document Type: Article

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