Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 473-477 , October 2008

National Osteoporosis Foundation 2008 Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis and the World Health Organization Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX): What They Mean to the Bone Densitometrist and Bone Technologist

  • Nelson B. Watts

      Affiliations

    • University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Nelson B. Watts, MD, University of Cincinnati Bone Health and Osteoporosis Center, 222 Piedmont Avenue, Suite 6300, Cincinnati, OH 45219, USA.
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  • E. Michael Lewiecki

      Affiliations

    • New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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  • Paul D. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Center for Bone Research, Lakewood, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Sanford Baim

      Affiliations

    • Colorado Center for Bone Research, Lakewood, CO, USA

References 

  1. National Osteoporosis Foundation . Physician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis. Washington, DC: National Osteoporosis Foundation; 2003;
  2. National Osteoporosis Foundation . Clinician's Guide to Prevention and Treatment of Osteoporosis. Washington, DC: National Osteoporosis Foundation; 2008;
  3. Dawson-Hughes B, Tosteson AN, Melton LJ, et al. Implications of absolute fracture risk assessment for osteoporosis practice guidelines in the USA. Osteoporos Int. 2008;Epub
  4. Tosteson AN, Melton LJ, Dawson-Hughes B, et al. Cost-effective osteoporosis treatment thresholds: the United States perspective. Osteoporos Int. 2008;Epub
  5. Writing Group for the ISCD Position Development Conference. Diagnosis of osteoporosis in men, premenopausal women, and children. J Clin Densitom. 2004;7:17–26

PII: S1094-6950(08)00056-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.003

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 473-477 , October 2008

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