Evaluation of low density spine software for the assessment of bone mineral density in children

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1687-1690

  Leonard, Mary B ^a,b   Feldman, Harold I ^b   Zemel, Babette S ^a   Berlin, Jesse A ^b   Barden, Elizabeth M ^a   Stallings, Virginia A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OBESITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0031722818     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.11.1687     Document Type: Article

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