Screening for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women: recommendations and rationale.
Berg
Alfred O
AO
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Center for Practice and Technology Assessment, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 6010 Executive Boulevard, Ste 300, Rockville, MD 20852, USA. uspstf@ahrq.gov
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D008875:Middle Aged; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D017698:Postmenopause; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000592:standards; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity