Osteoporosis and vertebral compression fractures-continued missed opportunities

Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 756-762

  Freedman, Brett A ^a   Potter, Benjamin K ^a   Nesti, Leon J ^a   Giuliani, Jeffrey R ^a   Hampton, Chadwick ^a   Kuklo, Timothy R ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Fracture; Fragility; Incidence; Osteoporosis; Vertebral

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARMY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; THORAX; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 49849089263     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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