Breastfeeding protects against hip fracture in postmenopausal women: The Tromsø study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2843-2850

  Bjørnerem, Åshild ^a   Ahmed, Luai A ^b   Jørgensen, Lone ^b   Størmer, Jan ^a   Joakimsen, Ragnar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; BREASTFEEDING; HIP FRACTURE; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NULLIPARA; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; SMOKING; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; BREAST FEEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 81855224904     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.496     Document Type: Article

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