Aging bones : a short history of osteoporosis /
Gerald N. Grob.
- xx, 284 pages ; 22 cm.
- Johns Hopkins biographies of disease .
- Johns Hopkins biographies of disease. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-273) and index.
History and demography -- Origins of a diagnosis -- The transformation of osteoporosis -- Popularizing a diagnosis -- Internationalizing osteoporosis -- Therapeutic expansion -- Osteoporosis triumphant?
This book makes a historical inquiry into how the normal aging of bones was transformed into a medical diagnosis requiring treatment. -- Publisher description.
9781421413181 1421413183
2013028969
GBB511840 bnb
Osteoporosis--History.--United States Osteoporosis--history. Osteoporosis. Osteoporose