Lifestyle changes after osteoporotic fractures in elderly women Mudanças dos hábitos de vida após fratura por osteoporose em mulheres idosas

Lifestyle changes after osteoporotic fractures in elderly women Mudanças dos hábitos de vida após fratura por osteoporose em mulheres idosas

OBJECTIVE: health promotion and disease prevention activities directed to osteoporosis might help to reduce the rate of osteoporotic fractures among elderly people. METHODS: in order to check whether osteoporotic women modify their habits after the fracture, 518 postmenopausal white Brazilian elderl...

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Main Authors: Marcelo Medeiros Pinheiro, Charles Heldan de Moura Castro, Alberto Frisoli Júnior, Vera Lúcia Szejnfeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia 2003-10-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Reumatologia
Subjects:
fratura
mudanças de hábitos de vida
osteoporose
mulheres idosas
fracture
lifestyle changes
osteoporosis
elderly women
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