Can the WHO definition of osteoporosis be applied to multi-site axial transmission quantitative ultrasound?

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-374

  Knapp, K M ^a,b,c   Blake, G M ^b   Spector, T D ^c   Fogelman, I ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial transmission quantitative ultrasound; Bone density; Prevalence of osteoporosis; WHO criteria

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXIAL TRANSMISSION QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOOUND; BONE DENSITY; BONE INJURY; BONE MASS; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOREARM; FRACTURE; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METATARSAL BONE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; POPULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SKELETON; STANDARD; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; METATARSAL BONES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RADIUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL FRACTURES; TIBIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 2442495096     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1555-4     Document Type: Article

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