Osteoporosis risk factor assessment and bone densitometry - Current status and future trends

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-42

  Koh, Leonard K H ^a   Ng, D C E ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asians; Bone mineral density; Fracture risk; Osteoporosis self assessment tool for Asians (OSTA); Risk factor assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; STANDARD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0036370456     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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