Bone status assessed by quantitative ultrasound in healthy postmenopausal polish women: Normative data

Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 40-43

  Pluskiewicz, W ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body size; Menopause; Normative values; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; POLAND; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031960205     PISSN: 07703198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01450956     Document Type: Article

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