Construction and validation of a population-based bone densitometry database

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-30

  Leslie, William D ^a,c,d   Caetano, Patricia A ^b   MacWilliam, Leonard R ^c   Finlayson, Gregory S ^c  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Health services; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; DATA BASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 15344346117     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:8:1:025     Document Type: Article

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