title: African American women and osteoporosis.
abstract: Osteoporosis is a condition that presents differing predisposing factors between European American Women and African American Women. Preventative health is commonly focused on European women because they are at higher risk. This article presents issues and facts that substantiate the need to also target African American women for osteoporosis prevention education.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Akron, Ohio 44325-3701, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huff
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sadler
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016387:Women's Health
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary