Health care disparities in postmenopausal women referred for DXA screening

Family Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 265-269

  Hamrick, Irene ^a   Steinweg, Kenneth K ^a   Cummings, Doyle M ^a   Whetstone, Lauren M ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645893481     PISSN: 07423225     EISSN: 07423225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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