Osteoporosis-related vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women: Prevalence in a Saudi Arabian sample

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1420-1425

  Sadat Ali, M ^a   Gullenpet, A H ^a   Al Mulhim, F ^a   Al Turki, H ^a   Al Shammary, H ^a   Al Elq, A ^a   Al Othman, A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RADIOLOGIST; SAUDI ARABIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 75449112001     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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