Assessment of the bone status of Nigerian women by ultrasound and biochemical markers

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 277-284

  Vanderjagt, D J ^a   Bond, B ^a   Dulai, R ^a   Pickel, A ^a   Ujah, I O A ^b   Wadinga, W W ^b   Scariano, J K ^a   Glew, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Calcaneal ultrasound; Nigeria; Postmenopausal women; Premenopausal women; Serum NTx; Stiffness index; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; ESTROGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE TURNOVER; CALCANEUS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NIGERIA; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; RISK FACTOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0034972859     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02390834     Document Type: Article

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