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Prevalence of vertebral fractures in women and men in the population-based Tromsø Study

BACKGROUND: Osteoporotic vertebral fractures are, as the hip fractures, associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Norway has one of the highest reported incidences of hip fractures in the world. Because of methodological challenges, vertebral fractures are not extensively studied. The aim o...

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Autores principales: Waterloo, Svanhild, Ahmed, Luai A, Center, Jacqueline R, Eisman, John A, Morseth, Bente, Nguyen, Nguyen D, Nguyen, Tuan, Sogaard, Anne J, Emaus, Nina
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3273434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22251875
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-13-3