Concern and risk perception of osteoporosis and fracture among post-menopausal Australian women: Results from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW) cohort

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 8, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages

  Barcenilla Wong, A L ^a   Chen, J S ^a   March, L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concern; Osteoporosis; Post menopausal women; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCEPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84892177242     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-013-0155-y     Document Type: Article

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