Primary Recipient

WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$30,000.00

Award Date

2/01/2010

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

Osteoporosis and its associated fractures are a major health problem in the USA today. Risk of osteoporotic fractures is affected by gender, age, family history, and obesity with females being at higher risk than males, older individuals at higher risk th