T-Scores and Z-Scores

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 349-350

  Shepherd, John A ^a   Blake, Glen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENSITOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 35748938208     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.08.006     Document Type: Review

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