Fracture risk assessed by Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) compared with fracture risk derived from population fracture rates

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-318

  Rubin, Katrine Hass ^a   Abrahamsen, Bo ^b   Hermann, Anne Pernille ^c   Bech, Mickael ^a   Gram, Jeppe ^d   Brixen, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c KOLDING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d Hospital of Southwest Jutland   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; FRAX; hip fracture; risk factors; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79955138487     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494811402412     Document Type: Article

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