Thawing of frozen calcaneus bone specimens has no effect on the bone mineral density using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry: A study in rabbits and humans

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 769-777

  Trudel, Guy ^a,b   Koike, Yoichi ^a   Dinh, Laurent ^b   Uhthoff, Hans K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Calcaneus; Deep freezing; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA); Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

BONE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MINERALS; THAWING;

ADULT FEMALES; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEEP FREEZING; DUAL ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; DUAL-ENERGY X-RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; NEW ZEALAND WHITE RABBIT;

FREEZING;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; CALCANEUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; THAWING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 23744514596     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 09673334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/015     Document Type: Article

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