National Osteoporosis Foundation 2008 Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis and the World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX): What They Mean to the Bone Densitometrist and Bone Technologist

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 473-477

  Watts, Nelson B ^a   Lewiecki, E Michael ^b   Miller, Paul D ^c   Baim, Sanford ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO CLINICAL RESEARCH AND OSTEOPOROSIS CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55549112846     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.003     Document Type: Editorial

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