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Bone densitometry in clinical practice：application and interpretation

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bonnick Sydney Lou.
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Published: Humana Press,
Publisher Address: New York, NY:
Publication Dates: c2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: 3rd ed.
Series: Current clinical practice
Subjects:
Densitometry > methods
Absorptiometry, Photon > methods.
Bone and Bones > radionuclide imaging.
Bone Density > physiology.
Data Interpretation, Statistical.
Osteoporosis.
Electronic books.
Bone densitometry.
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-499-9
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvii, 520 p.): ill.
ISBN: 9781603274999 (electronic bk.)
1603274995 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: R681
CLC: R681
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Densitometry techniques -- Skeletal anatomy in densitometry -- Statistical overview for the non-statistician densitometrist -- Quality control -- Radiation safety in x-ray densitometry -- Bone density data among technologies and manufacturers -- Selecting patients for bone mass measurements : clinical guidelines -- Selecting patients for bone mass measurements : self-assessment indices -- Diagnosing ostoporosis -- Predicting fracture risk -- Monitoring changes in bone density -- Secondary causes of osteoporosis -- New applications for DXA -- Reporting densitometry -- FDA-approved densitometry devices..

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