Clinical use of bone densitometry: Clinical applications

JAMA

Volumn 288, Issue 15, 2002, Pages 1898-1900

  Bates, David W ^a,b   Black, Dennis M ^c   Cummings, Steven R ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; STEROID THERAPY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0037120867     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.15.1898     Document Type: Article

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