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Osteoporosis: Best Practice & Research Compendium
This prestigious text offers the most up-to-date advice on the identification and management of osteoporosis. Derived from the highly acclaimed journals Best Practice and Research – Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and Best Practice and Research – Rheumatology this fully updated volume provides a logical progression through definition, diagnosis, epidemiology, as well as the latest advice on disease prevention, treatment and screening.
Fully illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the world’s leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of osteoporosis.
Key features
• Full reference to the latest clinical research;
• New chapters on risk assessment and the cost-effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis;
• Cochrane Reviews, when relevant;
• The provision of boxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice Points;
• Reference to national and international guidelines.
Also suitable for biochemists and other research scientists, Best Practice and Research Osteoporosis comprises a comprehensive review of the leading practice and research to date, helping ensure that the specialist has all the most essential information about osteoporosis readily to hand.
Fully illustrated throughout, the book draws upon the expertise of some of the world’s leading experts in the field, providing a publication that gives a truly international perspective to the management of osteoporosis.
Key features
• Full reference to the latest clinical research;
• New chapters on risk assessment and the cost-effectiveness of interventions for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis;
• Cochrane Reviews, when relevant;
• The provision of boxed and bulleted Research Agenda and Practice Points;
• Reference to national and international guidelines.
Also suitable for biochemists and other research scientists, Best Practice and Research Osteoporosis comprises a comprehensive review of the leading practice and research to date, helping ensure that the specialist has all the most essential information about osteoporosis readily to hand.
200 pages, Paperback
First published November 10, 2006
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