The diagnostic role of dual femur bone density measurement in low-impact fractures

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-344

  Wong, Joseph C H ^a   McEwan, Louise ^a   Lee, Naomi ^a   Griffiths, Matthew R ^a   Pocock, Nicholas A ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Dual femur; Fracture risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 13644253558     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1378-3     Document Type: Article

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