Height loss in elderly women is preceded by osteoporosis and is associated with digestive problems and urinary incontinence

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 479-485

  Berecki Gisolf, J ^a   Spallek, M ^a   Hockey, R ^a   Dobson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abdominal pressure; Aging; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Height loss; Osteoporosis; Stature

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARTBURN; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INDIGESTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; DIPHOSPHONATES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL CURVATURES; URINARY INCONTINENCE, STRESS;

EID: 76549130705     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-0987-x     Document Type: Article

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