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



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

Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC

: 2008

Annals of Epidemiology

ANNALS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

: ANN EPIDEMIOL

: 18

: 8

: 595

: 601

: 7

: 1047-2797

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


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.




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