title: Significance of osteoporosis: a growing national health care problem.
authors.affiliation: Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Avioli
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D005260:Female; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology