Sex and age patterns of quantitative ultrasound densitometry of the calcaneus in normal Japanese subjects

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 84-88

  Takeda, N ^a   Miyake, M ^a   Kita, S ^a   Tomomitsu, T ^a   Fukunaga, M ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related change; Calcaneus; Sex difference; Ultrasound densitometry

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0029814653     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900091     Document Type: Article

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