Hypovitaminosis D in Tunisian osteoporotic post menopausal women and its relationship with bone fracture

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 188-190

  Bahlous, Afef ^a   Farjallah, Nessrine ^a   Bouzid, Kahena ^a   Klouz, Anis ^a   Mohsni, Amira ^a   Sahli, Hela ^a   Lakhal, Mohamed ^a   Sallami, Slaheddine ^a   Abdelmoula, Jaouida ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fracture; Hypovitaminosis D; Menopause; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CREATININE; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WOMEN'S HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS; TUNISIA; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 68049110267     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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