Is osteoporosis a prevalent problem in primary care?;¿Es la osteoporosis un problema prevalente en atención primaria?

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 346-347

  Orozco, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; ULTRASOUND; COST; DENSITOMETRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

BONE DENSITY; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 20644445880     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13074291     Document Type: Article

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