A comparative study of the determinants of bone strength and the propensity to falls in black and white South African women

Thesis (DMed)--Stellenbosch University, 2008. === The comparative study presented in this dissertation specifically aimed to assess fracture risk in black (Xhosa) and white South African women by evaluating known determinants of bone strength as well as the propensity to falls. We thus compared th...

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Main Author: Conradie, Magda
Other Authors: Hough, F. S.
Language:en
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1151