Utility of ultrasound to assess risk of fracture

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1382-1394

  Cheng, Sulin ^a,b   Tylavsky, Frances ^a   Carbone, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030683956     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1997.tb02940.x     Document Type: Article

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