Why to evaluate bone mineral density in children and adolescents?

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 439-440

  Lazaretti Castro, Marise ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPENIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 28744451657     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1255     Document Type: Editorial

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