Ultrasonometric Profiling of Incidence and Risk of Osteoporosis in Rural Women

Background: It is estimated that over 200 million people worldwide have osteoporosis. The prevalence of osteoporosis is continuing to escalate with the increasingly aging population. The major complication of osteoporosis is an increase in fragility fractures leading to morbidity, mortality, and dec...

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Published in:	Journal of women & aging Vol. 20; no. 1-2; pp. 21 - 30
Main Authors:	Gueldner, Sarah H., Britton, Geraldine R., Madhavan, Guruprasad, Pierce, Carolyn S., Grabo, Theresa N., Penrod, Janice, Stucke, Sheri A., Liu, Chin-Fang
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Taylor & Francis Group 01-01-2008 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	Absorptiometry, Photon - statistics & numerical data Adult Adults Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Bone Density bone mineral density calcaneus Diseases Female Females Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data Humans Incidence Middle Aged Osteoporosis Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - diagnosis Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - diagnostic imaging Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - epidemiology Questionnaires Risk Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data Rural Areas Rural Health Services - organization & administration rural women Sensitivity and Specificity Sociodemographic Factors T-score Ultrasonography ultrasound United States - epidemiology Urban Population - statistics & numerical data Women's Health Women's Health Services - organization & administration Womens health
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