Racial differences in femoral dimensions and their relation to hip fracture

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 22-24

  Mikhail, M B ^a   Vaswani, A N ^a,b   Aloia, J F ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Professional Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Hip axis length; Neck width; Neck shaft angle; Premenopausal; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP FRACTURES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS;

EID: 0030032460     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01626533     Document Type: Article

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