Prevalence of low forearm bone density in a Bulgarian female referral population

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 288-295

  Boyanov, M ^a   Popivanov, P ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgarian female population; Forearm densitometry; Osteoporosis and osteopenia prevalence; Risk factors; T and Z scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BULGARIA; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BULGARIA; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ULNA;

EID: 0036245776     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001980200028     Document Type: Article

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