Is a calculated total hip BMD of clinical use?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 368-371

  Selby, P L ^a,d   McCloskey, E V ^b   Robinson, J ^c   Smith, I G ^c   Potts, B ^c   Beneton, M N C ^b   Kanis, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 0034087839     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980070127     Document Type: Article

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