Osteoporosis: Current Modes of Prevention and Treatment
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
- Vol. 7 (1) , 19-31
- https://doi.org/10.5435/00124635-199901000-00003
Abstract
The most common metabolic bone disorder is osteoporosis, which affects 25 million Americans, of whom 80% are women. Bone loss in women occurs most commonly after menopause, when the rate of loss may be as high as 2% per year. Bone mass can be determined with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry.Keywords
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