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Prevalence of vertebral fractures on chest radiographs of elderly African American and Caucasian women

SUMMARY: The prevalence of vertebral fractures on routine chest radiographs of elderly Caucasian women was only 1.3 times higher than in African American (AA) women, a difference considerably smaller than reported in population studies. AAs with medical problems may have higher risk of vertebral fra...

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Autores principales: Lansdown, D., Bennet, B., Thiel, S., Ahmed, O., Dixon, L., Vokes, T. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3132393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21060991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-010-1452-6