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osteoporosis self-assessment tool, OSTA decision-making rule to determine patients at high, medium, or lowrisk for osteoporosis and to identify those who would benefit most from bone mineral density testing. The tool was originally used in Asian women but has been found to be reliable in other populations of postmenopausal women and in men. |