Grob, Gerald N., 1931-2015,

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


United States.
United States.


History.
History.

RC931.O73 / G76 2014

616.7/16

2014 E-770 WE 11 AA1