Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 403-415 , July 2002

Guidelines for the diagnosis of osteoporosis by densitometric methods

Received 30 July 2001 ,Revised 1 October 2001

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