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Assessment of fracture risk

European Journal of Radiology, 2009
Osteoporosis-related fractures (low-trauma, fragility fractures) are associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and health care expenditure worldwide. In the absence of a defining fracture, the diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on the World Health Organization's T-score criteria using central dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA ...
John A. Kanis   +4 more
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Risk Assessing Risk Assessment

The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 2010
If done well, proactive risk assessment methods can be effective in identifying and managing risks and still be efficient and rewarding for the participants. However, they can also fail, which suggests the potential usefulness of risk assessing the risk assessment process.
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The risk of risk assessment

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 1989
Appropriate risk management can only be based on sound risk assessment. The sources of uncertainty involved in risk assessment are discussed and a number of approaches to improving such assessments are recommended.
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RISK ASSESSMENT

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2000
Risk assessment is the process by which clinicians screen for conditions that, if unmanaged, result in complications of pregnancy or adverse birth outcomes and for which an intervention would improve the well-being of the mother, child, and family.
K M, Andolsek, G M, Kelton
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Risk Assessment

Toxicologic Pathology, 1997
Risk assessment, when applied to living systems, is the process of determining the types and likelihoods of adverse effects that may result from exposure to chemical, biological, or physical hazards. Risk assessment is used as a tool to help set regulations and guidelines to prevent or minimize adverse health effects of long-term exposures to low ...
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