Radiographic measurements, bone mineral density, and the singh index in the proximal femur of white and black postmenopausal women

Disease-a-Month

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 637-646

  Barondees, David A ^a   Singh, Manmohan ^a   Hendrix, Susan L ^a   Nelson, Dorothy A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Ethnic differences; Hip radiographs; Singh Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTMENOPAUSE; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0036814744     PISSN: 00115029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-5029(02)90008-8     Document Type: Article

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