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Start Over Author "Meadows, Lynn" Topic bone fractures Publication Year Range Last 50 years Publisher annals of family medicine
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1. Women's Perceptions of Future Risk After Low-Energy Fractures at Midlife.

Author

Meadows, Lynn M., Mrkonjic, Linda, and Lagendyk, Laura

Subjects
*BONE fractures, *BONE injuries, *OSTEOPOROSIS, *BONE diseases, *MEDICAL care costs
Abstract

This article presents information on implications of low-energy fractures experienced by women at midlife. In Canada, 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8 men aged 50 years and older have osteoporosis. The risk of low-energy fractures is substantial. Recent research in Canada projects an annual total cost for femoral fractures alone at $10 billion, rising to $20 billion if osteoporotic fractures are included. Prevention, early detection, and cost-effective treatment are possible and recommended to save pain, suffering, and health care costs of osteoporosis and related fractures.

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2005
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