Is BMD Sufficient to Explain Different Fracture Rates in Sweden and Turkey?

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 285-288

  Tuzun, Ş ^a   Akarirmak, U ^a   Uludag M ^a   Tuzun, F ^a   Kullenberg, R ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HALMSTAD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; DXL; fractures; reference data

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 34547568472     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.03.100     Document Type: Article

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