Ability of bone mineral density to predict osteoporotic fractures

BMJ

Volumn 313, Issue 7056, 1996, Pages 561-

  Brooks, Kate ^a   Shakespeare, Ruth ^a   Christmas, Patricia ^a   Whatley, Robert ^a   Jenkins, Derek ^a   Woodward, Catherine ^a   Mortimore, Andrew ^a  

^a Southampton and South West Hampshire Health Authority ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; BONE MINERAL; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FORECASTING;

BONE DENSITY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; FORECASTING; META-ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029789745     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7056.561a     Document Type: Letter

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