An outreach intervention increases bone densitometry testing in older women

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 341-347

  Denberg, Thomas D ^a,b,c   Myers, Beth A ^b   Lin, Chen Tan ^b   Libby, Anne M ^b,c   Min, Sung Joon ^c   McDermott, Michael T ^b   Steiner, John F ^b,c  

^a General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone densitometry; DXA; Osteoporosis screening; Patient outreach; Patient recall; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; BONE DENSITY; COLORADO; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 58849137098     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02111.x     Document Type: Article

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