The skeletal calcium/phosphorus ratio: A new in vivo method of determination

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1303-1310

  Fountos, George ^a   Yasumura, Seiichi ^b   Glaros, Dimitris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone minerals; Ca P ratio; Photon absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTONS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; BONE MINERALS; CA/P RATIO; CALCIUM/PHOSPHORUS RATIO; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; GERMANIUM DETECTOR; STANDARD DEVIATION; THEORETICAL APPROACH;

GAMMA RAYS;

CALCIUM; COLLAGEN; FAT; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION DOSE; SHEEP; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIA;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030759778     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598152     Document Type: Article

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