Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 206-212 , September 2008

Concordance of a Self Assessment Tool and Measurement of Bone Mineral Density in Identifying the Risk of Osteoporosis in Elderly Taiwanese Women

  • Yin-Ming Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Department of Public Health, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Family Medicine, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, 707, Chung-Yang Road, Section 3, Hualien, Taiwan

Received 18 October 2007 ,Revised 13 November 2007 ,Accepted 15 January 2008.

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PII: S1016-3190(08)60037-3

doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(08)60037-3

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 20, Issue 3 , Pages 206-212 , September 2008

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