Evaluation of Decision Rules for Identifying Low Bone Density in Postmenopausal African-American Women

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 290-296

  Wallace, Lorraine Silver ^a   Ballard, Joyce E ^b   Holiday, David ^c   Turner, Lori W ^d   Keenum, Amy J ^a   Pearman, Cynthia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Osteoporosis; Sensitivity; Specificity; Women; screening

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ABONE SCORE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL DECISION RULE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS RISK ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS SELF ASSESSMENT TOOL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIMPLE CALCULATED OSTEOPOROSIS RISK ESTIMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; BONE DENSITY; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1442331383     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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