Bone densitometry: The influence of deprivation on access to care

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 870-874

  Griffiths, S ^a   Fone, D ^a,b   Borg, A ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equity; Osteoporosis; Socio economic deprivation

Indexed keywords

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OSTEOPENIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

BONE AND BONES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES;

EID: 24344437752     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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