Bone geometry and skeletal fragility

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 49-56

  Bouxsein, Mary L ^a   Karasik, David ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE[1-34]; PLACEBO; RALOXIFENE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMUR SHAFT; HIP FRACTURE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGE FACTORS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33750305899     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-006-0002-9     Document Type: Review

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