Abstract: Smoking and alcohol consumption are two lifestyle factors that have important contributions to skeletal health. Deleterious effects of smoking on the skeleton have been recognized for several decades. The 2000 Surgeon General's Report on Women and Smoking (1) recognized smoking as a significant contributor to bone health and fracture risk. That report concluded that smoking adversely affects bone density and increases hip fracture risk in postmenopausal women. However, as male osteoporosis has been recognized as a considerable disease burden, the role of smoking in male bone health deserves equal consideration.
Publication Year: 2004
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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