Hip Axis Length Changes in 10,554 Males and Females and the Association with Femoral Neck Fracture

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 360-366

  Gao, Gao ^a   Zhang, Zhen Lin ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Hu, Wei Wei ^a   Huang, Qi Ren ^a   Lu, Jing Hui ^a   Hu, Yun Qiu ^a   Li, Miao ^a   Liu, Yu Juan ^a   He, Jin Wei ^a   Gu, Jie Mei ^a   Yu, Jin Bo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED SIXTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; femoral neck fracture; Hip axis length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMORAL NECK FRACTURES; HIP; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 50849128476     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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