Purpose: To explore the nature of men's experiences of osteoporosis by developing an understanding of men's explanatory models. Design and Methods: This descriptive study invited community-residing male osteoporosis patients aged 50+ to participate in interviews about osteoporosis. Participants were recruited from a hospital-affiliated bone…

Reports on a study that explored the hypothesis that ethnic differences in mortality trends would shed light on the rectangularization debate. Using California population data from 1970, 1980, and 1990, ethnic differences in rectangularization were examined using both visual and means and standard deviation analyses. Resulting patterns varied by…