Association of five quantitative ultrasound devices and bone densitometry with osteoporotic vertebral fractures in a population-based sample: The OPUS Study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 782-793

  Glüer, Claus C ^a   Eastell, Richard ^b   Reid, David M ^c   Felsenberg, Dieter ^d   Roux, Christian ^e   Barkmann, Reinhard ^a   Timm, Wolfram ^a   Blenk, Tilo ^d   Armbrecht, Gabi ^d   Stewart, Alison ^c   Clowes, Jackie ^b   Thomasius, Friederike E ^d   Kolta, Sami ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Osteoporosis; Population studies; Quantitative ultrasound; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND DEVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMUR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK; SPINE FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINAL FRACTURES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 3242806167     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/JBMR.040304     Document Type: Article

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