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ea0016p90 | Bone and calcium | ECE2008

Relationship between osteoporosis and living/working environment

Georgiadis A , Tapsis K , Tseronis K , Fillipitzis I , Fitili P , Zervas K , Ziogas A , Karapiperis A , Ntavas E

Osteoporosis can be caused by many miscellaneous factors. These factors include medical, lifestyle and socioeconomic variables, the latest being not well studied and defined in international bibliography. From these there are the factors regarding the working environment (house or office) and the living environment (urban or countryside). Our hypothesis is based on the fact that women living in an urban environment or working in an office environment should have lower Bone Min...