Selective screening for scoliosis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 434, Issue , 2005, Pages 40-45

  Bunnell, William P ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFORMITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCOLIOSIS; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18144422116     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000163242.92733.66     Document Type: Conference Paper

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