Gender differences in normal age-dependent patterns of radial bone structure and density: A cross-sectional study using peripheral quantitative computed tomography

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-173

  MacIntyre, Norma J ^b   Adachi, Jonathan D ^a   Webber, Colin E ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aging; In vivo trabecular bone structure; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography; Radius

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033139259     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:2:2:163     Document Type: Article

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