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Low bone mineral density among young healthy adult Saudi women

Prevalence and associated factors in the age group of 20 to 36 years

Zeidan A. Zeidan, Intisar E. Sultan, Shaista S. Guraya, Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani and Khalid I. Khoshhal
Saudi Medical Journal November 2016, 37 (11) 1225-1233; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.16248
Zeidan A. Zeidan
From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (Zeidan, Al-Zalabani), Internal Medicine (Sultan), Radiology (Guraya), and Orthopedics (Khoshhal), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Intisar E. Sultan
From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (Zeidan, Al-Zalabani), Internal Medicine (Sultan), Radiology (Guraya), and Orthopedics (Khoshhal), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Shaista S. Guraya
From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (Zeidan, Al-Zalabani), Internal Medicine (Sultan), Radiology (Guraya), and Orthopedics (Khoshhal), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdulmohsen H. Al-Zalabani
From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (Zeidan, Al-Zalabani), Internal Medicine (Sultan), Radiology (Guraya), and Orthopedics (Khoshhal), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Khalid I. Khoshhal
From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine (Zeidan, Al-Zalabani), Internal Medicine (Sultan), Radiology (Guraya), and Orthopedics (Khoshhal), College of Medicine, Taibah University, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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