Quantitative ultrasound and bone mineral density are equally strongly associated with risk factors for osteoporosis

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 406-416

  Frost, M L ^a   Blake, G M ^a   Fogelman, I ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound; Risk factors; T scores; Z scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SMOKING; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

EID: 0035142186     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.2.406     Document Type: Article

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