Bone density, geometry, and fracture in elderly men

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Szulc, Pawel ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS FRACTURE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33750336803     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-006-0003-8     Document Type: Review

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