Undertreatment of osteoporosis in the oldest old? A nationwide study of over 700,000 older people

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Johnell, Kristina ^a   Fastbom, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonates; Calcium + vitamin D supplements; Drug register; Elderly; Raloxifene; Register based research

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CLODRONIC ACID; ETIDRONIC ACID; IBANDRONIC ACID; PAMIDRONIC ACID; RALOXIFENE; RISEDRONIC ACID; VITAMIN D; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 76449116224     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-009-0022-z     Document Type: Article

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