Disparities in osteoporosis screening between at-risk African-American and White women

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 847-851

  Miller, Redonda G ^a,c   Ashar, Bimal H ^a   Cohen, Jennifer ^a   Camp, Melissa ^a   Coombs, Carmen ^a   Johnson, Elizabeth ^b   Schneyer, Christine R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparity; DXA scan; Osteoporosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URBAN AREA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 28444453009     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0157.x     Document Type: Review

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