Actions in advance to the special medical care need in an aging society: Osteoporosis as an example

Taiwan Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-197

  Yang, Nan Ping ^a,b   Yang, Rong Sen ^c   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elderly society; Osteoporosis; Policy of prevention and intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 51349168076     PISSN: 10232141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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