TY - JOUR
T1 - The Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis
AU - Wood, Alastair J.j.
AU - Riggs, B. Lawrence
AU - Melton, L. Joseph
PY - 1992/8/27
Y1 - 1992/8/27
N2 - OSTEOPOROSIS is one of the most important disorders associated with aging.1 , 2 More than 1.5 million Americans have fractures related to osteoporosis each year, with attendant pain, deformity, and loss of independence. The annual cost to the U.S. health care system is at least $10 billion.1 , 2 Because of the aging of the population and increases over time in the incidence of fractures, these already huge costs will more than double over the next 30 years3 unless a comprehensive program of prevention and treatment is initiated soon. The most important preventable cause of fractures is low bone mass. During the course of…
AB - OSTEOPOROSIS is one of the most important disorders associated with aging.1 , 2 More than 1.5 million Americans have fractures related to osteoporosis each year, with attendant pain, deformity, and loss of independence. The annual cost to the U.S. health care system is at least $10 billion.1 , 2 Because of the aging of the population and increases over time in the incidence of fractures, these already huge costs will more than double over the next 30 years3 unless a comprehensive program of prevention and treatment is initiated soon. The most important preventable cause of fractures is low bone mass. During the course of…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199208273270908
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199208273270908
M3 - Review article
C2 - 1640955
AN - SCOPUS:0026732689
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 327
SP - 620
EP - 627
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 9
ER -