Application of the World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool to predict need for dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scanning in postmenopausal women

• मुख्य लेखकों: An-Shine Chao (लेखक), Fang-Ping Chen (लेखक), Yu-Ching Lin (लेखक), Ting-Shuo Huang (लेखक), Chih-Ming Fan (लेखक), Yu-Wei Yu (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of the World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool, excluding bone mineral density (pre-BMD FRAX), in identifying Taiwanese postmenopausal women needing dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) examination for further treatment. Materials and methods: Th...