title: Should prescription of postmenopausal hormone therapy be based on the results of bone densitometry?
authors.affiliation: University of California Medical Center, San Francisco 94143.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cummings
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Browner
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grady
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ettinger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003720:Densitometry / Q000191:economics*; D015914:Estrogen Replacement Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects; D004967:Estrogens / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011372:Progestins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D011372:Progestins