Diagnosis of osteoporosis in rural Arctic Greenland:a clinical case using plain chest radiography for secondary prevention and consideration of tools for primary prevention in remote areas

• Main Authors: Fleischer, I., Schaebel, L. K., Albertsen, N., Sorensen, V. N., Andersen, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: age; chest radiographs; chronic disease; developing society; fragility fracture; Greenland; risk factor; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RECORD; RISK-ASSESSMENT AURORA; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES; WOMEN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; MANAGEMENT; SOCIETY; INUIT; Arctic; Nuuk; Sisimiut; inuit
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/da/publications/diagnosis-of-osteoporosis-in-rural-arctic-greenland(e398696c-74b6-436e-a8fb-7515a2e9ed87).html; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28201922?dopt=abstract

Context: Osteoporosis is a frequent disease in many populations. The hallmark is fragility fractures, which are harbingers of future fractures, disability, mortality and cost on society. The occurrence increases with age, low vitamin D level and smoking. Smoking rates are high, vitamin D is low and...