Hand ultrasound for osteoporosis screening in postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 203-210

  Benitez, C L ^a   Schneider, Diane L ^b   Barrett Connor, E ^c   Sartoris, D J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone density; Osteoporosis; Phalanx; Screening; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; PHALANX; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033993592     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980050282     Document Type: Article

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