Recommendations for the application of bone density measurement: What can you believe?

International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 411-419

  Marshall, Deborah A ^a   Sheldon, Trevor A ^b   Jonsson, Egon ^a  

^a Swed Cncl Technol Assess HC   (United States)

^b NHS Ctr Reviews and Dissemination   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; ORGANIZATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW;

EID: 0030931725     PISSN: 02664623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266462300010679     Document Type: Review

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