Quantitative bone mineral assessment at the forearm: A review

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-310

  Augat, P ^a,b   Fuerst, T ^a   Genant, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Distal radius; Dual X ray absorptiometry (DXA); Osteoporosis; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT)

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANATOMY; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FOREARM FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIUS; REVIEW; RISK; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPINE;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FOREARM; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031705364     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050068     Document Type: Review

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