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Osteoporosis Resources
The following is a list of osteoporosis resources and Web sites that you might find helpful. Also included are the primary references we used to build the RealAge Osteoporosis Health Assessment and information. When you click on a link, your browser will launch a new window, and you'll be visiting a third-party site. To return to RealAge, simply close the new window.
General Information
Medical Journal of Australia -- Osteoporosis Consensus Statement
National Institutes of Health, Osteoporosis and Related Bone Diseases
National Osteoporosis Foundation
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force -- Osteoporosis Screening
Primary Articles
Absence of menopausal effect on hip fracture occurrence in white females. Brody, J. A., Farmer, M. E., White, L. R., American Journal of Public Health 1984 Dec;74(12):1397-1398.
Are osteoporotic fractures due to osteoporosis? Impacts of a frailty pandemic in an aging world. Elffors, L., Aging 1998 Jun;10(3):191-204.
Bone density and fracture risk in men. Melton, L. J. 3rd, Atkinson, E. J., O'Connor, M. K., O'Fallon, W. M., Riggs, B. L., Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1998 Dec;13(12):1915-1923.
Epidemiology of spinal osteoporosis. Melton, L. J. 3rd, Spine 1997 Dec 15;22(24 Suppl):2S-11S.
Fall direction, bone mineral density, and function: risk factors for hip fracture in frail nursing home elderly. Greenspan, S. L., Myers, E. R., Kiel, D. P., Parker, R. A., Hayes, W. C., Resnick, N. M., American Journal of Medicine 1998 Jun;104(6):539-545.
How the new Hologic hip normal reference values affect the densitometric diagnosis of osteoporosis. Chen, Z., Maricic, M., Lund, P., Tesser, J., Gluck, O., Osteoporosis International 1998;8(5):423-427.
The prevalence of vertebral deformity in european men and women: the European Vertebral Osteoporosis Study. O'Neill, T. W., Felsenberg, D., Varlow, J., Cooper, C., Kanis, J. A., Silman, A. J., Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1996 Jul;11(7):1010-1018.
Quantitative ultrasound techniques for the assessment of osteoporosis: expert agreement on current status. The International Quantitative Ultrasound Consensus Group. Gluer, C. C., Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1997 Aug;12(8):1280-1288.
Response of biochemical markers of bone turnover to hormone replacement therapy: impact of biological variability. Hannon, R., Blumsohn, A., Naylor, K., Eastell, R., Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 1998 Jul;13(7):1124-1133.
Seasonal variation of biochemical indexes of bone turnover: results of a population-based study. Woitge, H. W., Scheidt-Nave, C., Kissling, C., Leidig-Bruckner, G., Meyer, K., Grauer, A., Scharla, S. H., Ziegler, R., Seibel, M. J., Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 1998 Jan;83(1):68-75.
Vertebral fracture epidemiology. Wasnich, R. D., Bone 1996 Mar;18(3 Suppl):179S-183S.
