National bone health alliance: An innovative public-private partnership improving America's bone health

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 348-353

  Lee, David B ^a   Lowden, Mia Rochelle ^a   Patmintra, Valerie ^a   Stevenson, Katie ^a  

^a Health Alliance   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone breaks; Bone density test; Bone disease; Bone health; Bone turnover; Calcium; Densitometry; DXA; DXA reimbursement; Falls; Fracture liaison service; Fracture prevention central; Fractures; National Bone Health Alliance; NBHA; Osteoporosis; Rare bone disease; Secondary fracture prevention; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE TURNOVER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FRACTURE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; SECONDARY PREVENTION; UNITED STATES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; BONE DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBLIC-PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890115409     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-013-0159-y     Document Type: Article

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