Performance of clinical referral criteria for bone densitometry in patients under 65 years of age assessed by spine bone mineral density

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 79, Issue 936, 2003, Pages 581-584

  Kayan, K ^b   De Takats, D ^b   Ashford, R ^b   Kanis, J A ^b   McCloskey, E V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; SPINE DISEASE; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0345276000     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.79.936.581     Document Type: Article

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