Low bone mineral density in rotating-shift workers

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-469

  Quevedo, Ivan ^a,b   Zuniga, Ana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Naval Hospital of Concepcion   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Rotating shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NURSE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIFT WORKER; TRABECULAR BONE; WORK SCHEDULE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 77958468783     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.07.004     Document Type: Article

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