The Tromso Study: Determinants of precision in bone densitometry

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1104-1112

  Berntsen, Gro K Rosvold ^a   Fønnebø, Vinjar ^a   Tollan, Anne ^b   Søgaard, Anne Johanne ^c   Joakimsen, Ragnar M ^a   Magnus, Jeanette H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Central Hospital of Hedmark   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Age; Bone mineral density; Forearm; Precision; Repositioning; SXA

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT POSITIONING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FOREARM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0034320583     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(00)00234-1     Document Type: Article

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