Osteoporosis in postmenopausal Saudi women using dual x-ray bone densitometry

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 953-956

  El Desouki, Mahmoud ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPENIA; PILOT STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; RADIODENSITOMETRY; SAUDI ARABIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0141926598     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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