Predictors of falls among postmenopausal women: Results from the National Osteoporosis Risk Assessment (NORA)

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 715-722

  Barrett Connor, E ^a   Weiss, T W ^b   McHorney, C A ^b   Miller, P D ^c   Siris, E S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Health Sciences Center   (United States)

^d College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Postmenopausal women; Prospective; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 63849344987     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-008-0748-2     Document Type: Article

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