The distal radial fracture in elderly women and the bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and hip

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 473-476

  Hegeman, J H ^a,b   Oskam, J ^a   van der Palen, J ^a   ten Duis, H J ^a   Vierhout, P A M ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DEXA; Distal; Elderly; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Radius; Women

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRACTURE TREATMENT; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREDICTION; RADIUS FRACTURE; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; DIPHOSPHONATES; DIURETICS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 4444313887     PISSN: 02667681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsb.2004.05.002     Document Type: Article

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