Bone mineral density in the normal Iranian population: A comparison with American reference data

Archives of Osteoporosis

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-35

  Omrani, Gholamhossein Ranjbar ^a   Masoompour, Seyed Masoom ^a   Hamidi, Afshin ^a   Mardanifard, Heydar Ali ^b   Taghavi, Seyed Morteza ^a   Talezadeh, Pedram ^a   Larijani, Bagher ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Iranian; Normal range; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 34249740689     PISSN: 18623522     EISSN: 18623514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11657-006-0005-2     Document Type: Article

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