Age-Related Proximal Femur Bone Mineral Loss in South Indian Women : A Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry Study

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 49, Issue APR, 2001, Pages 442-445

  Anburajan, M ^a   Rethinasabapathi, C ^a   Korath, M P ^a   Ponnappa, B G ^a   Kumar, K S ^a   Panicker, T M R ^a   Govindan, A ^a   Prasad, G N S ^b   Jagadeesan, K ^a  

^a KJ Hospital   (India)

^b ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMAN; INDIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMAN; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGE; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 0035320306     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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