Developing a Malaysian Osteoporosis Screening Tool (MOST) for early osteoporosis detection in Malaysian women

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 77-82

  Pei Shan, Lim ^a   Fee Bee, Ong ^a   Seri Suniza, Sufian ^a   Adeeb, Nafisah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; DEXA test; Osteoporosis; Risk factors; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALAYSIAN OSTEOPOROSIS SCREENING TOOL; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DENSITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79952989458     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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