Cross-geographic region differences in quality of life in women with and without vertebral fracture

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1759-1766

  Van Schoor, N M ^a   Yu, H ^b   Bobula, J ^b   Lips, P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross geographic region; Quality of life; Vertebral fracture; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOUTH AMERICA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOLES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RALOXIFENE; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 69949150978     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0853-x     Document Type: Article

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