Quantitative ultrasound of bone: Looking ahead

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-128

  Laugier, Pascal ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Bone; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BONE EXAMINATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; X RAY;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33645233957     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.10.012     Document Type: Editorial

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