Alveolar process fractal dimension and postcranial bone density

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 486-491

  Southard, Thomas E ^a   Southard, Karin A ^a   Lee, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; SCINTISCANNING; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FRACTALS; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0035319457     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2001.112598     Document Type: Article

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