Ultrasound measurement of bone

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-369

  Van Daele, P L A ^a,b   Burger, H ^a   De Laet, C E D H ^a   Pols, H A P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MINERAL; FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0029990213     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.695517.x     Document Type: Review

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