Relationship of blood lead levels to incident nonspine fractures and falls in older women: The study of osteoporotic fractures

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1417-1425

  Khalil, Naila ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^a,g   Wilson, John W ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a   Morrow, Lisa ^b   Hochberg, Marc C ^c   Hillier, Teresa A ^d   Muldoon, Susan B ^e   Cummings, Steven R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lead; Environmental lead; Falls; Fractures

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BONE MASS; CALCULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HAZARD RATIO; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50249087989     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.080404     Document Type: Article

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