The prevalence of vertebral fractures in san juan, puerto rico: A population-based study among females aged 50 years and over

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-384

  Haddock, Lillian ^a   Pérez, Cynthia M ^a   Marrero, Edmir ^a   Clark, Patricia ^b   Cons Molina, Fidencio ^a   Ragi, Sergio ^c   Suárez, Erick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c CEDOES Diagnostico e Pesquisa   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; LAVOS; Non vertebral fracture; Osteoporosis; Puerto Rico; Risk factors; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 78649400978     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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