Hip axis length in an Italian osteoporotic population

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 73, Issue 873, 2000, Pages 969-972

  Rosso, R ^a   Minisola, S ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ITALY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0033809166     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.73.873.11064650     Document Type: Article

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