Is osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women effective?

Journal of Family Practice, April, 2003 by John Phillips, Alex Krist, Laura Wilder, Michael L. Lefevre

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John Phillips, MD, and Alex Krist, MD, Fairfax Family Practice Residency, Virginia Commonwealth University, Fairfax; Laura Wilder, MLS, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas

Michael L. Lefevre, MD, MSPH, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri--Columbia