Sources of variability in bone mineral sensity measurements: Implications for study design and analysis of bone loss

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 124-135

  Nguyen, T V ^a   Sambrook, P M ^a   Eisman, J A ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 0031018325     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1997.12.1.124     Document Type: Article

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