Hip fracture discrimination study: QUS of the radius and the calcaneum

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-172

  Hans, Didier ^a   Genton, Laurence ^a   Allaoua, Samia ^a   Pichard, Claude ^a   Slosman, Daniel O ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BUA; Calcaneum; Hip fractures; QUS; Radius; SOS

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETON; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0038280002     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:6:2:163     Document Type: Article

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