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Bone mineral density T scores: assessing the risk

Bone mineral density T scores: assessing the risk

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Bone mineral density T scores: assessing the risk

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Bone mineral density T scores: assessing the risk

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Canada: Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation

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Clinical and investigative medicine, 1998-04, Vol.21 (2), p.94-96

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English

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Canada: Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation

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In the absence of a history of fracture, most experts in Canada agree that a current BMD measurement predicts future fracture risk. However, Webber is not entirely correct in stating that a BMD measurement 1 standard deviation (SD) below the estimated peak adult bone mass (a T score of -1.0 or lower) is "generally associated with approximately a do...

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Bone mineral density T scores: assessing the risk

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_79821427

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_79821427

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0147-958X

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