Bone mineral density. What normative data should we use to report Saudi female patients?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1040-1045

  Outif, Ahmed M ^a,c   Hendi, Awatif A ^a   Al Dihan, Abdulaziz A ^b   Al Ghamdi, Safar S ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b German University College Riyadh   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KUWAIT; LEBANON; OSTEOPOROSIS; PUBLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LEBANON; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4544326744     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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