Comparison of the bone robusticity index and bone weight/bone length index with the results of bone densitometry and bone histomorphometry in experimental studies

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 160, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-199

  Rico, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone mass; Bone mineral content; Ovariectomy; Rat; Robusticity index

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; ORGAN SIZE; OVARIECTOMY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031400378     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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