Knowledge of osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly women

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 684-687

  Al Shahrani, Fahad M ^a   Al Zahrani, Abdullah M ^a   Al Haqawi, Ali I ^a  

^a Department of Family Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; HEPARIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; STEROID; THYROXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; VALIDATION STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77958052017     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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