Comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of strategies to screen for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 788-789

  Schousboe, John T ^a   Gourlay, Margaret L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; MEDICARE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 82855176877     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-155-11-201112060-00012     Document Type: Editorial

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