Development and Validation of an Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool for Taiwan (OSTAi) Postmenopausal Women-A Sub-Study of the Taiwan OsteoPorosis Survey (TOPS).

To develop an OSTAi tool and compare this with the National Osteoporosis Foundation recommendations in 2013 (NOF 2013) for bone mineral density (BMD) testing among Taiwan postmenopausal women.Taiwan Osteoporosis Association (TOA) conducted a nationwide BMD survey by a bus installed with a dual energ...

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Main Authors: Fu-Mei Su, Dung-Huan Liu, Jia-Feng Chen, Shan-Fu Yu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Chi-Hua Ko, Ching-Chou Tsai, Tien-Tsai Cheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4473006?pdf=render