Too much medicine? Or too little?

Bone

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-331

  Melton III, L Joseph ^a   Heaney, Robert P ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Fracture treatment; Osteoporosis; Prevention cost effectiveness

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; EDITORIAL; FALLING; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037385041     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(03)00022-X     Document Type: Editorial

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