Interpretation of bone mineral density measurement and its change

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-119

  Nguyen, Tuan V ^a,b   Pocock, Nicholas A ^c   Eisman, John A ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bayesian model; Bone mineral density; Diagnosis; Osteoporosis; Regression toward the mean; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MATURATION; DENSITOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; LUMBAR SPINE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0033926167     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:3:2:107     Document Type: Article

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