Incorporating the WHO FRAX assessment tool into nursing practice

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 59-62

  Shuler, Franklin D ^a   Conjeski, Jacob M ^b   Hamilton, Rhonda L ^c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bone density; bone mass; bone mineral density; fracture; fracture risk; FRAX; low bone mass; osteopenia; osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79961075766     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000403369.05047.31     Document Type: Article

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