Limitations of forearm bone densitometry as an index of vertebral or femoral neck osteopenia

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1986, Pages 369-375

  Pocock, Nicholas A ^a   Eisman, John A ^a   Yeates, Michael G ^b   Sambrook, Phillip N ^a   Eberl, Stefan ^b   Wren, Barry G ^c  

^a GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b St Vincents Hospital   (United States)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MINERAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MENOPAUSE; METABOLIC BONE DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGE; MINERALS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0022757852     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650010410     Document Type: Article

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