Densitometer type and impact on risk assessment for osteoporosis

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-266

  Arabi, Asma ^a   Salamoun, Mariana ^a   Ballout, Hajar ^a   Fuleihan, Ghada El Hajj ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

DXA devices; Fan beam; Osteoporosis; Pencil beam; Underdiagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENSITOMETER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CODING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE;

EID: 23444458231     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JCD:8:3:261     Document Type: Article

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