Ultrasound velocity and attenuation at different skeletal sites compared with bone mineral density measured using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 817, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Cunningham, J L ^a,c   Fordham, J N ^b   Hewitt, T A ^a   Speed, C A ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; TIBIA; VELOCITY;

EID: 0030041146     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-69-817-25     Document Type: Article

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