Site of bone density measurement may affect therapy decision

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1993, Pages 225-228

  Lai, Khai ^a   Rencken, Monica ^a   Drinkwater, Barbara L ^b   Chesnut III, Charles H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pacific Medical Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0027272676     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01320905     Document Type: Article

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