Can practitioners use the WHO definition for osteoporosis?

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 10-11

  Roux, Christian ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

Densitometry; Diagnosis; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RALOXIFENE;

BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0035129292     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(00)00224-4     Document Type: Editorial

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