Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic

Nowadays most persons know about the human immunodeficiency virus, hypertension and other diseases. People know about their characteristics and the way to fight them. Thanks to the media campaigns and the family physician activity, there are few transmissible and not transmissible diseases people do...

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Main Authors: Yusimí Isaguirre Martínez, José Julio Requeiro Molina, Ana María Machado Consuegra, Hugo Jiménez Vázquez, Félix Rodríguez Fernández
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos 2006-04-01
Series:Medisur
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Online Access:http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/184
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author Yusimí Isaguirre Martínez
José Julio Requeiro Molina
Ana María Machado Consuegra
Hugo Jiménez Vázquez
Félix Rodríguez Fernández
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description Nowadays most persons know about the human immunodeficiency virus, hypertension and other diseases. People know about their characteristics and the way to fight them. Thanks to the media campaigns and the family physician activity, there are few transmissible and not transmissible diseases people do not have any reference about. There is a disease of which little is spoken; nevertheless, each day augments the number of people that suffer from it. This almost unknown illness is named: osteoporosis and constitutes the motive of the present work.<strong><br /></strong>
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spelling doaj.art-be503d82edb0466fb02291edbf035dd82022-12-22T03:53:50ZspaCentro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. CienfuegosMedisur1727-897X2006-04-01418591184Osteoporosis: A silent epidemicYusimí Isaguirre MartínezJosé Julio Requeiro MolinaAna María Machado ConsuegraHugo Jiménez VázquezFélix Rodríguez FernándezNowadays most persons know about the human immunodeficiency virus, hypertension and other diseases. People know about their characteristics and the way to fight them. Thanks to the media campaigns and the family physician activity, there are few transmissible and not transmissible diseases people do not have any reference about. There is a disease of which little is spoken; nevertheless, each day augments the number of people that suffer from it. This almost unknown illness is named: osteoporosis and constitutes the motive of the present work.<strong><br /></strong>http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/184osteoporosisclimateriohuesososteoporosis posmenopáusica
spellingShingle Yusimí Isaguirre Martínez
José Julio Requeiro Molina
Ana María Machado Consuegra
Hugo Jiménez Vázquez
Félix Rodríguez Fernández
Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic
Medisur
osteoporosis
climaterio
huesos
osteoporosis posmenopáusica
title Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic
title_full Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic
title_fullStr Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic
title_full_unstemmed Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic
title_short Osteoporosis: A silent epidemic
title_sort osteoporosis a silent epidemic
topic osteoporosis
climaterio
huesos
osteoporosis posmenopáusica
url http://www.medisur.sld.cu/index.php/medisur/article/view/184
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