Clinical reporting to primary care physicians leads to increased use and understanding of bone densitometry and affects the management of osteoporosis: A randomized trial

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 12 PART 1, 1998, Pages 996-999

  Stock, John L ^a,b   Waud, Catherine E ^a,b   Coderre, James A ^a,b   Overdorf, Judith H ^a,b   Janikas, John S ^a,b   Heiniluoma, Kathleen M ^a,b   Morris, M Anne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0032526236     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-12_part_1-199806150-00006     Document Type: Article

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