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Autore: | Woolf A.D |
Titolo: | Osteoporosis [[electronic resource] ] : An Atlas of Investigation and Management |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, : Atlas Medical Publishing Ltd, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (166 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.716 |
Soggetto topico: | Fractures -- pathology -- Atlases |
Osteoporosis -- Atlases | |
Osteoporosis -- pathology -- Atlases | |
Osteoporosis -- therapy -- Atlases | |
Musculoskeletal System Diseases | |
Medicine | |
Health & Biological Sciences | |
Altri autori: | AkessonKristina |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1: What is osteoporosis?; Chapter 2: Epidemiology, risk,and risk factors; Chapter 3: How to assess and monitor osteoporosis and risk of fracture; Chapter 4: Management of osteoporosis; Chapter 5: Osteoporosis inclinical care; Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Osteoporosis is a devastating disorder with significant physical and psychosocial consequences. One in three women and one in 12 men over the age of 50 in the UK already suffer from osteoporosis, and every three minutes it is estimated that someone has a fracture due to this disease. However, due to the remarkable progress in the scientific understanding of its causes, diagnosis, and treatment, this disease is now largely preventable. Osteoporosis: an Atlas of Investigation and Diagnosis is a pictoral reference book designed to help doctors understand, prevent and overcome osteoporosis. This p |
Titolo autorizzato: | Osteoporosis |
ISBN: | 1-281-96449-2 |
9786611964498 | |
1-84692-535-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 996339119003316 |
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