Osteoporosis: Public awareness, commitment, and perspectives

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Fok, Margaret W M ^a   Leung, H B ^a   Lee, W M ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Tinwan Shopping Centre   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone density; Diphosphonates; Fractures, bone; Osteoporosis, postmenopausal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 48749091176     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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