Review and evaluation of the Dutch guidelines for osteoporosis

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 539-548

  Geusens, Piet P ^a,b,h   Lems, Willem F ^c   Verhaar, Harald J J ^d   Leusink, Geraline ^e   Goemaere, Stefan ^f   Zmierczack, Hans ^f   Compston, Jullet ^g  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e Diagnostic Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h University Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AGREE; Glucocorticoid osteoporosis; Guidelines; Post menopausal osteoporosis; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY;

HUMANS; MEDICINE; NETHERLANDS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 33748912491     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00647.x     Document Type: Review

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