Broadband ultrasound attenuation reference database for Southeast Asian males and females

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 545-547

  Lim, Yeow Wai ^a   Chan, L ^a   Lam, K S ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTHEAST ASIA; ULTRASOUND; ADULT; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CALCANEUS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 29144473382     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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