School scoliosis screening programme-a systematic review

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-267

  Sabirin, J ^a   Bakri, R ^a   Buang, S N ^a   Abdullah, A T ^b   Ortho, Paed ^b   Fellow, Spinal ^b   Shapie, A ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

^b Tengku NurZahirah Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Scoliosis screening; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOGRAPHY; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCOLIOSIS; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOLIOSIS;

EID: 79955487283     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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