title: Post menopausal osteoporosis. Part 2: Treatment and prevention.
abstract: Part 1 of this two part series on post menopausal osteoporosis, which appeared in AFP April 1991, presented the diagnostic features of osteoporosis. Part 2 outlines the modern concepts of treatment and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, South Australia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horowitz
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Need
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Nordin
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*