Patient doses in bone mineral densitometry

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 821, 1996, Pages 422-425

  Huda, W ^a   Morin, R L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

EID: 0029884750     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-821-422     Document Type: Article

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