Community-based survey of low quantitative ultrasound values of calcaneus in Taiwan

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 131-141

  Yang, Nan Ping ^a,b   Lin, Tsann ^a   Wang, Chong Shan ^c,d   Chou, Pesus ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAO YUAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c A Lein Community Health Center   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Broadband ultrasound attenuation; Epidemiology; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; TAIWAN; ULTRASOUND; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037942807     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:6:2:131     Document Type: Article

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