Ultrasound measurements of the calcaneus: Effects of ethnicity

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-36

  Tylavsky, Frances A ^a,c   Carbone, Laura D ^a   Cheng, Sulin ^b   Wan, Jim Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Ethnicity; Premenopausal women; Ultrasound; Young males

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002545252     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:2:1:31     Document Type: Article

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