title: Osteoporosis: it is a fact of life but both preventable and treatable.
authors.affiliation: Chronic Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health, USA.
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yerkes
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors