Bone mineral density of the spine and femur in a group of healthy Moroccan men

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Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 965-969

  El Maghraoui, A ^a   Ghazi, M ^a   Gassim, S ^a   Mounach, A ^a   Ghozlani, I ^a   Nouijai, A ^a   Achemlal, L ^a   Bezza, A ^a   Dehhaoui, M ^b  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL MOHAMMED V   (Morocco)

^b INSTITUT AGRONOMIQUE ET VÉTÉRINAIRE HASSAN II   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; DXA; Healthy population; Morocco; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARAB; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; LEBANON; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOROCCO; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPENIA; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPINE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE DENSITY; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOROCCO; SPINE;

EID: 63749097440     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2008.12.025     Document Type: Article

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