Screening for osteoporosis reduced new fracture incidence by almost half: A 6-year follow-up of 592 fracture patients from an osteoporosis screening program

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 661-665

  Åstrand, Jörgen ^a   Nilsson, Johan ^a   Thorngren, Karl Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; SHOULDER FRACTURE; SPINE FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84870341536     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453674.2012.747922     Document Type: Article

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