Low-energy distal radius fractures in middle-aged and elderly women - Seasonal variations, prevalence of osteoporosis, and associates with fractures

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1247-1255

  Oyen J ^a   Rohde, G E ^b   Hochberg, M ^c   Johnsen, V ^b   Haugeberg, G ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SØRLANDET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Distal radius fractures; Osteoporosis; Risk factors; Seasonal variations

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY DISTAL RADIUS FRACTURE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; SEASON;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PREVALENCE; RADIUS FRACTURES; SEASONS;

EID: 77956368985     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-009-1065-0     Document Type: Article

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