More forearm fractures among urban than rural women: The NOREPOS study based on the Tromsø study and the HUNT study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 850-856

  Omsland, Tone K ^a,b,c   Ahmed, Luai Awad ^d   Grønskag, Anna ^e   Schei, Berit ^e,f   Emaus, Nina ^d   Langhammer, Arnulf ^e   Joakimsen, Ragnar M ^d   Jørgensen, Lone ^d   Søgaard, Anne Johanne ^a,b   Gjesdal, Clara G ^c   Meyer, Haakon E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

bone; Bone densitometry; epidemiology; Osteoporosis; population studies

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SINGLE ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS; RADIUS FRACTURES; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; ULNA; ULNA FRACTURES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79953062782     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.280     Document Type: Article

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