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Clinical risk factors for osteoporosis are common among elderly people in Nuuk, Greenland.

International journal of circumpolar health - 1 Jan 2013

Jakobsen Anna, Laurberg Peter, Vestergaard Peter, Andersen Stig

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BACKGROUND: Osteoporosis is a debilitating condition characterized by fractures, pain and premature death. Risk factors for osteoporosis predict the risk of fragility fractures. AIM: To describe the occurrence of risk factors for osteoporosis among populations in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. METHODS: A random sample of women born in 1934-42, 1945-47, 1956, and men born in 1956 were selected from the national...

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PMID: 23326764
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v72i0.19596
PMCID: PMC3546323

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