A New Approach for Quantifying Change and Test Precision in Bone Densitometry

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-369

  Leslie, William D ^a   Moayyeri, Alireza ^b   Sadatsafavi, Mohsen ^c   Wang, Liqun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; dual energy x ray absorptiometry; osteoporosis; precision; sample size

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 35748971418     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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