Minimum sample size requirements for bone density precision assessment produce inconsistency in clinical monitoring

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1673-1680

  Leslie, W D ^a   Moayyeri, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Precision; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SPINE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 33749163080     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0170-6     Document Type: Article

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