The reproducibility of ultrasound bone measures in a triethnic population of pregnant adolescents and adult women

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1768-1774

  Sowers, M ^a   Jannausch, M ^a   Scholl, T ^b   Schall, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031722821     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.11.1768     Document Type: Article

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