Early menopause and risk of osteoporosis, fracture and mortality: A 34-year prospective observational study in 390 women

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 810-816

  Svejme, O ^a,b   Ahlborg, H G ^a,b   Nilsson, J A ^a,b   Karlsson, M K ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mass; fractures; menopause; mortality; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EARLY MENOPAUSE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SWEDEN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84861096463     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2012.03324.x     Document Type: Article

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