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Dxa is todays established standard for measuring bone mineral density bmd. Lets face it, there is nothing exciting about bone density and this book isnt exciting either. Osteoporosis and bone densitometry measurements giuseppe. Dxa measurements can also be used to provide information on early gender and ethnic changes in the rate of bone accretion and to determine the.
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