The efficacy of school screening for scoliosis

Orthopedics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 386-391

  Karachalios, Theofilos ^a,b,d   Roidis, Nikolaos ^c   Papagelopoulos, Panayiotis J ^c   Karachalios, George G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROGRAM; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCOLIOSIS; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 0034002096     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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