Burden of Osteoporosis in Iran

Osteoporosis is the most common metabolic bone disease. In addition to morbidity, osteoporotic fractures also increase mortality risk in affected patients. Enough evidence is not available to indicate that, like western countries, osteoporosis is a public health problem in Iran. Therefore EMRC plann...

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Main Authors: F Abolhassani, M Mohammadi, A Soltani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2004-11-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Public Health
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Online Access:http://journals.tums.ac.ir/PdfMed.aspx?pdf_med=/upload_files/pdf/2412.pdf&manuscript_id=2412