Height change and bone mineral density: Revisited

Orthopaedic Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 315-320

  Thornton, Marleen J ^a   Sedlak, Carol A ^a   Doheny, Margaret O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RISK FACTOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 16544365768     PISSN: 07446020     EISSN: 1542538X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006416-200409000-00007     Document Type: Article

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