Prevalence of low central bone mineral density in Bulgarian men: A pilot study

Journal of Men's Health and Gender

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 318-324

  Boyanov, Mihail A ^a   Christov, Vladimir G ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgarian men; Central densitometry; Osteoporosis and osteopenia; Prevalence; T scores

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BULGARIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 28744453218     PISSN: 15718913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmhg.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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