Stiffness index of the Calcaneus measured by quantitative ultrasound and menopause among Japanese women: The Hizen-Oshima study

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 93-99

  Yoshimi, Itsuro ^a   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^a   Okano, Kunihiko ^a   Yahata, Yuichiro ^a   Kusano, Yosuke ^a   Moji, Kazuhiko ^b   Tahara, Yasuaki ^b   Takemoto, Tai Ichiro ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCANEUS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT STIFFNESS; MENOPAUSE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035570363     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.195.93     Document Type: Article

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