Barriers to providing dual energy x-ray absorptiometry services to individuals with spinal cord injury

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-60

  Morse, Leslie R ^a,c   Geller, Andrew ^b   Battaglino, Ricardo A ^c   Stolzmann, Kelly L ^a,d   Matthess, Kirby ^a,d   Lazzari, Antonio A ^d,e   Garshick, Eric ^d,f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c FORSYTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58249083385     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e31818a5f87     Document Type: Article

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