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Journal of Osteoporosis
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 729219, 8 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/729219
Research Article

Osteoporosis Knowledge, Self-Efficacy, and Beliefs among College Students in the USA and China

M. Allison Ford,1 Martha Bass,1 Yan Zhao,1 Jin-Bing Bai,2 and Yue Zhao2

1Bone Density Laboratory, The University of Mississippi, 222 Turner Center, Oxford, MS 38677, USA
2Medical-Surgical Department, School of Nursing, Tianjin Medical University, 22 Qi Xiang Tai Road, He Ping District, P.O. Box 300070, Tianjin, China

Received 16 December 2010; Revised 8 February 2011; Accepted 23 February 2011

Academic Editor: Robert Yood

Copyright © 2011 M. Allison Ford et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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