Hip Fracture Incidence in Relation to Age, Menopausal Status, and Age at Menopause: Prospective Analysis

BACKGROUND: Bone mineral density is known to decrease rapidly after the menopause. There is limited evidence about the separate contributions of a woman's age, menopausal status and age at menopause to the incidence of hip fracture. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Over one million middle-aged women joine...

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Autores principales: Banks, Emily, Reeves, Gillian K., Beral, Valerie, Balkwill, Angela, Liu, Bette, Roddam, Andrew
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19901981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000181

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2766835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19901981
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000181

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