Bone: Using FRAX wisely: Lessons from Switzerland and beyond

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 126-128

  Lewiecki, E Michael ^a  

^a New Mexico Engineering Research Inst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT SURVEY; SWITZERLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77649121711     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2009.270     Document Type: Short Survey

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