What Should DXA Reports Contain? Preferences of Ordering Health Care Providers

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-10

  Binkley, Neil ^a   Krueger, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

bone mineral density; Diagnosis; DXA; osteoporosis; reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL ORDER; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; UNIVERSITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 58949104007     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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