An international multi-disciplinary journal which is a joint ititiative between the International Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA the journal provides the journal a forum for the communication and exchange of current ideas concerning osteoporosis. It publishes: original papers - reporting progress and results in all areas of osteoporosis and its related fields; review articles - reflecting the present state of knowledge in special areas of summarizing limited themes in which discussion has led to clearly defined conclusions; educational articles - giving information on the progress of a topic of particular interest; case reports - of uncommon or interesting presentations of the condition; correspondence - concerning matters of topical interest or relating to publisher's material; book reviews; reports of meetings; Society announcements; etc. Listed in Current Contents®/Clinical Medicine Science Citation Index® Scisearch® and Research Alert®