Taking osteoporosis prevention seriously: A national necessity;A prevenção da osteoporose levada a sério: Uma necessidade nacional

Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia e Metabologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 712-713

  Lazaretti Castro, Marise ^a   Eis, Sergio Ragi ^b   Neto, João Francisco Marques ^c  

^a SBEM   (Brazil)

^b Sociedade Brasileira de Densitometria Clínica SBDens   (Brazil)

^c Sociedade Brasileira de Osteoporose ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BONE DENSITY; BRAZIL; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LETTER; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; BRAZIL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 47249083093     PISSN: 00042730     EISSN: 16779487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27302008000400020     Document Type: Letter

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