Older Men's Knowledge of Osteoporosis and the Prevalence of Risk Factors

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-209

  Gaines, Jean M ^a   Marx, Katherine A ^a   Caudill, JoAnn ^b   Parrish, Sherry ^c   Landsman, Jeffrey ^b   Narrett, Matthew ^b   Parrish, John M ^a  

^a Erickson Foundation   (United States)

^b Erickson Health Medical Group   (United States)

^c Charlestown Retirement Community Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; knowledge; men; osteoporosis; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE; THYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951620162     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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