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Author Grob, Gerald N., 1931-2015, author

Title Aging bones : a short history of osteoporosis / Gerald N. Grob
Published Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2014]
©2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Johns Hopkins biographies of disease
Johns Hopkins biographies of disease.
Contents History and demography -- Origins of a diagnosis -- The transformation of osteoporosis -- Popularizing a diagnosis -- Internationalizing osteoporosis -- Therapeutic expansion -- Osteoporosis triumphant?
Summary This book makes a historical inquiry into how the normal aging of bones was transformed into a medical diagnosis requiring treatment. -- Publisher description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Osteoporosis -- United States -- History
Osteoporosis -- history
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Osteoporosis
Osteoporose
SUBJECT United States
Subject United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781421413198
1421413191