Knowledge, attitudes and lifestyle about osteoporosis in a city of the Colombian Caribbean;Conocimientos, actitudes y estilos de vida frente a la osteoporosis en una ciudad del Caribe Colombiano

Salud Uninorte

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 73-83

  Vélez Marín, Claudia ^a   Caballero Uribe, Carlo V ^a   Tuesca Molina, Rafael ^a   Vanesa Ochoa, M ^a   Andres Hernandez C ^a   Leonardo Forero, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Knowledge; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350738185     PISSN: 01205552     EISSN: 20117531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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