Effects of ethnicity and gender on reliable measurements using the Sahara ultrasonometer

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-419

  Tylavsky, Frances A ^a   Carbone, Laura D ^a   Bush, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Bone mineral density; Ethnic; Gender; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 12244260097     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:5:4:411     Document Type: Article

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