Prevalence of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women visiting police & services hospital Peshawar, NWFP

Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 04-07

  Zahoor, Shafaq ^a   Ayub, Umar ^a  

^a Department of Gynaecology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Menopause; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; T score

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAKISTAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 79551648960     PISSN: 10135472     EISSN: 18119387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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