Identifying individuals at risk for fracture in Guatemala

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Nasser, Keaton M ^a   Quiñónez Obiols, Alejandro ^b   Silverman, Stuart L ^c  

^a Osteoporosis Medical Center   (United States)

^b Universidad Mariano Galvez   (Guatemala)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GUATEMALA; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ALGORITHMS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GUATEMALA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82255173870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028042     Document Type: Article

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