Predicting the risk of fracture at any site in the skeleton: Are all bone mineral density measurement sites equally effective?

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-17

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

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Correlation coefficient; Fracture risk prediction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELBOW FRACTURE; FACE FRACTURE; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FOOT FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HAND FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; HYPOTHESIS; LEG FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBSERVATION; PATELLA FRACTURE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIB FRACTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORY; TOE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; WRIST FRACTURE;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 30844433067     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-005-0127-3     Document Type: Article

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