Open AccessPrevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Author(s) -
Parthasarathi Bhattacharyya,
Rantu Paul,
Malabika Ghosh,
Ranjan Kumar Dey,
Rana Dey,
Nirjoo Barooah,
Shamima Islam,
Dipabali Acharya,
Nag S,
Sujan Bardhan
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.83974
Subject(s) - medicine , osteopenia , copd , osteoporosis , pulmonary disease , bone mineral , population , environmental health
Reduction of bone mineral density (BMD) is a known and established phenomenon in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, there have been no data regarding osteoporosis/osteopenia in COPD patients in India.