A precise method for the assessment of tibial ultrasound velocity

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-7

  Orgee, J M ^a   Foster, H ^a   McCloskey, E V ^a   Khan, S ^a   Coombes, G ^a   Kanis, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Ultrasound velocity

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA;

EID: 0030060684     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01626530     Document Type: Article

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