Single and dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

European Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1997, Pages

  Adams, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; BONE DENSITY; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0002992965     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/pl00006861     Document Type: Article

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