The importance of spectrum bias on bone density monitoring in clinical practice

Bone

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-368

  Leslie, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Monitoring; Precision; Quantitation; Statistical methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SPINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS;

EID: 33744900335     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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