Falls and fractures in postmenopausal women: A review

Menopause International

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Geusens, Piet ^a,b   Milisen, Koen ^c   Dejaeger, Eddy ^c   Boonen, Steven ^c,d  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Falls; fractures; osteoporosis; postmenopausal women; prevention

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DIURETIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RISEDRONIC ACID;

BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; INJURY; MENTAL DISEASE; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; URGE INCONTINENCE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84990324184     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136218070300900307     Document Type: Review

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