Bone mineral density and hip axis length in Singapore's multiracial population

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-412

  Goh, James C H ^a   Low, Siew Leng ^a   DasDe, Shamal ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bone density; Chinese; Hip axis length; Indian; Malay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HIP AXIS LENGTH; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOLYSIS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SPINE FRACTURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 12244259732     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:7:4:406     Document Type: Article

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