DEXA screening--are we doing too much?

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Comment

Kevin W Craig et al. J Fam Pract. 2012 Sep.

. 2012 Sep;61(9):555-6.

¹ Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri–Columbia, USA.

Abstract

For many postmenopausal women, screening for osteoporosis can be done much less frequently.

Bone-density testing interval and transition to osteoporosis in older women.
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