Osteoporosis imaging

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 813-839

  Link, Thomas M ^a   Majumdar, Sharmila ^b,c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MASS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW;

EID: 0041743711     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-8389(03)00059-9     Document Type: Review

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