Bone densitometry status and its associated factors in peri and post menopausal females: A cross sectional study from a tertiary care centre in India

Objective: Osteoporosis is a skeletal disorder characterized by diminished bone strength that increases the risk of fracture at instances of trivial trauma. Asians have a lower bone mass than the west. The present study was designed to add data from India on women above the age of 40 years with resp...

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Main Authors: Jaya Chawla, Neena Sharma, Devendra Arora, Manisha Arora, Lovely Shukla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-02-01
Series:Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1028455917303285