Osteoporosis Diagnosis, Prevention, Therapy /

• Main Authors: Bartl, Reiner (Author), Frisch, Bertha (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Edition: Second Revised Edition.
• Subjects: Medicine.; General practice (Medicine).; Gynecology.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Orthopedics.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Internal Medicine.

Osteoporosis is a global threat because it can impact every human being as they age. In this new edition, the authors point out the enormous scale of the problem in terms of human suffering, morbidity and mortality on the one hand, and the astronomical national costs on the other. Written in an easy...