Screening for osteopenia and osteoporosis: Do the accepted normal ranges lead to overdiagnosis?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 432-438

  Ahmed, A I H ^a   Blake, G M ^a   Rymer, J M ^a   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Femoral neck; Lumbar spine; Osteopenia Reference Data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LONDON; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0030843216     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050029     Document Type: Article

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