Calcaneal ultrasound parameters in men and women from central Croatia

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Kraljevic, Ivana ^a   Kastelan, Darko ^a   Kolcic, Ivana ^b   Kardum, Iva ^a   Mazalin Protulipac, Josipa ^c   Korsic, Mirko ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Dietpharm Ltd   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Bone; Calcaneal quantitative ultrasound; Croatia; Men; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CALCANEUS; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34548662913     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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