Prevalence of low forearm bone mineral density in Bulgarian men: A pilot study

Aging Male

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-16

  Boyanov, Mihail A ^a   Popivanov, Plamen R ^a   Temelkova, Natalya L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgarian men; Distal forearm; Epidemiology; Low bone mass; Osteoporosis; Single X ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BULGARIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BULGARIA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 33947309547     PISSN: 13685538     EISSN: 14730790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13685530701228000     Document Type: Article

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