Mortality in the presence of a vertebral fracture, scoliosis, or Scheuermann's disease in the thoracic spine - UTU Research Portal

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Mortality in the presence of a vertebral fracture, scoliosis, or Scheuermann's disease in the thoracic spine

Authors: Puisto V, Rissanen H, Heliovaara M, Knekt P, Helenius I

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

Publication year: 2008

Journal:: Annals of Epidemiology

Journal name in source: ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Journal acronym: ANN EPIDEMIOL

Volume: 18

Issue: 8

First page : 595

Last page: 601

Number of pages: 7

ISSN: 1047-2797

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.04.009

Abstract

CONCLUSION: Vertebral fracture significantly predicted increased mortality from cancer. To clarify the mechanism, the fractures should be studied further for their associations with defined and site-specific cancer types.