Low bone mass and postfall fracture risk among elderly nursing home men

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 367-370

  Toofany, Nizaamuddeen ^a,b   Maddens, Michael E ^a   Voytas, John ^a   Kowalski, Debra ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Fractures; Men; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FALLING; FRACTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NURSING HOME; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FRACTURES, BONE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444280958     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04) 70003-1     Document Type: Article

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