The Effect of Common Artifacts Lateral to the Spine on Bone Mineral Density in the Lumbar Spine

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Morgan, Sarah L ^a,b   Lopez Ben, Robert ^c   Nunnally, Nancy ^d   Burroughs, Leandria ^d   Fineberg, Naomi ^d   Tubbs, R Shane ^d   Yester, Michael V ^c  

^a Division of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Artifacts; bone mineral density; dual energy x ray absorptiometry

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CITRATE CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ARTIFACTS; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE;

EID: 42749086930     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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