How to diagnose the presence of osteoporosis and assess the risk of fracture

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 345-358

  Prince, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone density; DEXA; Fracture epidemiology; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis aetiology; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELDERLY CARE; FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE FRACTURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034865019     PISSN: 15216942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/berh.2001.0154     Document Type: Article

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