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Consensus of an international panel on the clinical utility of bone mass measurements in the detection of low bone mass in the adult population

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  1. University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA

    P. D. Miller (Chairman of the International Consensus Panel, Chairman of the Society for Clinical Densitometry, and Clinical Professor of Medicine)

  2. Center for Research on Women's Health, Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas, USA

    S. L. Bonnick (Research Professor)

  3. University of Maine, Bangor, Maine, USA

    C. J. Rosen (Research Associate Professor)

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Miller, P.D., Bonnick, S.L. & Rosen, C.J. Consensus of an international panel on the clinical utility of bone mass measurements in the detection of low bone mass in the adult population. Calcif Tissue Int 58, 207–214 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02508636

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