Genetic factors and osteoporotic fractures in elderly people

BMJ

Volumn 320, Issue 7250, 2000, Pages 1669-

  Macgregor, Alex J ^a   Snieder, Harold ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a   Nemetz, Andrea ^b   Pena, Amado Salvador ^c   Kannus, Pekka ^d   Kaprio, Jaakko ^e   Koskenvuo, Markku ^f   Palvanen, Mika ^g   Parkkari, Jari ^d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^g UKK Institute   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENETIC RISK; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS;

FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK; TWIN STUDIES;

EID: 85007664256     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1669     Document Type: Letter

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