Speed of sound: Relation to geometric characteristics of bone in children, adolescents, and adults

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 764-768

  Fricke, Oliver ^a   Tutlewski, Baerbel ^b   Schwahn, Bernd ^b   Schoenau, Eckhard ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATELLA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THUMB; TRABECULAR BONE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PATELLA; SOUND; THUMB; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 20544443966     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2005.01.038     Document Type: Article

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