Harvey / Cooper Osteoporosis

A Lifecourse Epidemiology Approach to Skeletal Health
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-351-23460-3
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 235 Seiten

This is the first book to explore the state art in the lifecourse epidemiology of osteoporosis. In detailed chapters, expert contributors describe the contemporary and projected future burden of disease, advances in the understanding of risk factors for osteoporosis from cradle to grave, the underlying mechanisms, and advances in approaches to risk assessment and treatment. It is essential reading for all students on postgraduate courses in bone health, as well as an important reference for practitioners and researchers in osteoporosis, epidemiology and related fields.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harvey, Nicholas

Harvey, Nicholas C

Cooper, Cyrus

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Endokrinologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Geriatrie, Gerontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword. The burden of osteoporosis. DOHaD: The concept, its implications and applications. Early growth, bone development and risk of adult fracture. Maternal nutrition, lifestyle and anthropometry during pregnancy, and offspring bone development. Vitamin D in early life: from observation to intervention. Nutrition and Bone Health during childhood and adolescence: a Global Perspective. Developmental plasticity, epigenetic mechanisms and early life influences on adult health and disease: fundamental concepts. Epigenetic mechanisms in bone development. The Material and Structural Basis of the Growth-Related Gain and Age-Related Loss of Bone Strength. Risk factors for post peak bone loss and osteoporotic fracture: lessons from population studies. Risk factors for post peak bone loss and osteoporotic fracture: lessons from novel imaging studies. Assessment of fracture risk. Therapeutic approaches to bone protection in adulthood. A lifecourse perspective on bone health and disease: scientific and social implications. Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Nicholas Harvey MA, MB, BChir, PhD, FRCP is Professor of Rheumatology and Clinical Epidemiology at the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, and leads a world class programme of research focused on the lifecourse epidemiology of bone and joint disease.

Cyrus Cooper OBE, DL, FMedSci is Professor of Rheumatology and Director of the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit; Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton; and Professor of Epidemiology at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford.