Evaluation of quantitative CT vertebral bone mineral density measurement and the Singh index in elderly females with hip fractures - A case control study

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue SEPT., 1997, Pages 923-928

  Heneghan, J P ^a   Kirke, P N ^b   Murphy, B L ^a   Darcy, E ^a   Daly, L ^a   Bourke, G J ^a   Dinn, E ^a   Masterson, J ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b Health Research Board of Ireland   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CAUCASIAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0030777209     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.837.9486068     Document Type: Article

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