1. Introduction

   • P. D. Delmas

   EditorialNotes Pages: S1 - S2

2. Osteoporosis will never be a disease of the past

   • R. Ziegler

   OriginalPaper Pages: S3 - S4

3. Good hope for making osteoporosis a disease of the past

   • G. A. Rodan

   OriginalPaper Pages: S5 - S6

4. Peak bone mass

   • J. -Ph. Bonjour
   • G. Theintz
   • R. Rizzoli

   OriginalPaper Pages: S7 - S13

5. Reduced bone density in women with fractures: Contribution of low peak bone density and rapid bone loss

   • E. Seeman

   OriginalPaper Pages: S15 - S25

6. Optimizing peak bone mass: What are the therapeutic possibilities?

   • S. Adami

   OriginalPaper Pages: S27 - S30

7. Magnitude and determinants of premenopausal bone loss

   • D. T. Baran

   OriginalPaper Pages: S31 - S34

8. Premenopausal bone loss: Fact or artifact?

   • B. J. Riis

   OriginalPaper Pages: S35 - S37

9. Bone mass measurement for premenopausal women

   • R. Lindsay

   OriginalPaper Pages: S39 - S41

10. Peak bone mass, bone loss and risk of fracture

    • C. C. Johnston Jr.
    • C. W. Slemenda

    OriginalPaper Pages: S43 - S45

11. Postmenopausal bone loss and the risk of osteoporosis

    • C. Christiansen

    OriginalPaper Pages: S47 - S51

12. Assessment of the risk of osteoporosis at the menopause: Therapeutic consequences

    • L. G. Raisz

    OriginalPaper Pages: S53 - S57

13. Bone loss in the elderly

    • J. A. Kanis
    • S. Adami

    OriginalPaper Pages: S59 - S65

14. Non-skeletal determinants of fractures: the potential importance of the mechanics of falls

    • S. R. Cummings
    • M. C. Nevitt
    • the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group

    OriginalPaper Pages: S67 - S70

15. Can we stop bone loss and prevent hip fractures in the elderly?

    • P. J. Meunier
    • M. C. Chapuy
    • F. Duboeuf

    OriginalPaper Pages: S71 - S76