Which women should be selected for vertebral fracture assessment? Comparing different methods of targeting VFA

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 203-210

  Middleton, Edward T ^a   Gardiner, Eric D ^b   Steel, Susan A ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Patient selection; Screening; Vertebral fracture assessment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 69549114419     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-009-9268-0     Document Type: Article

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