Assessment of the skeletal health of healthy Nigerian men and women using quantitative ultrasound

Bone

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 387-394

  VanderJagt, D J ^a   Damiani, L A ^a   Goodman, T M ^a   Ujah, I O A ^b   Obadofin, M O ^b   Imade, G E ^b   Shatima, D R ^c   Glew, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bone density; Broadband ultrasound attenuation (BUA); Men; Nigeria; Quantitative ultrasound (QUS); Speed of sound (SOS); Stiffness index (SI); Women

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 3242664452     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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