Contributions of vertebral fractures to
Contributions of vertebral fractures to stature loss among elderly Japanese-American women in Hawaii
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Dr. Chun Huang; Philip D. Ross; Eva Lydick; James W. Davis; Richard D. Wasnich
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Article
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2009
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American Society for Bone and Mineral Research
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English
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## Abstract Loss of stature is a typical feature of osteoporosis and associated vertebral fractures. However, there have been few prospective population‐based studies to estimate the magnitude of this association. Further, the separate contributions of different types of vertebral fractures to stat