- Title
- Screening for Osteoporosis and Colon Cancer Under Medicare
- First Author
- Adler, Gerald S.
- Date of Pub
- 2002 Summer
- Pages
- 189-200
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 4
- Other Authors
- N/A
- Abstract
- Osteoporosis, a disease in which the bones lose mineral content and weaken, is a primary cause of disabling fractures in the elderly, mostly in females. Low bone density can be detected by X-ray and other radiographic techniques, as well as by ultrasound.
- Abstract Continued
- N/A
- MeSH
- N/A
- NTIS Number
- N/A
