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(Measurements in Medicine Series. Vol. 1.) Edited by F.I. Tovey and T.C.B. Stamp. 152 pp., illustrated. New York, parthenon, 1995. $58. ISBN 1-85070-465-1.

This multiauthored British textbook is the first in a series that will review techniques of quantitative measurement in medicine. The quality of the printing, binding, black-and-white photos, and line drawings is very good. The book includes a single color plate showing the histology of several disorders. The majority of chapters describe currently used techniques of bone measurement, including biochemical markers of bone turnover, bone histomorphometry, radiographic morphometry, and photodensitometry. These chapters are generally well written, concise, and current. There is some redundancy between the chapters entitled "Radiographic Morphometry and Photodensitometry" and "Quantitative Measurements in Osteoporosis." I am surprised that there . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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