RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Women's health issues and nuclear medicine, part III: women and osteoporosis. JF Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology JO J. Nucl. Med. Technol. FD Society of Nuclear Medicine SP 266 OP 270 VO 27 IS 4 A1 A Mann YR 1999 UL http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/27/4/266.abstract AB OBJECTIVE: This article is the third in a 4-part series on women's health issues and nuclear medicine. After reading this article the technologist should be able to: (a) state potential risk factors for osteoporosis; (b) describe osteoporosis and its natural history; and (c) identify methods for detecting normal and abnormal bone mineral density results.