Geographic Variability in Hip and Vertebral Fractures

Osteoporosis: Fourth Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 623-644

  Ballane, Ghada ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^b   Arabi, Asma ^a   El Hajj Fuleihan, Ghada ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

FRAX calculator; Geographic variability; Hip fractures; MEDLINE OVID search; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899155249     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-415853-5.00027-3     Document Type: Chapter

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