Quantitative ultrasound for the detection and management of osteoporosis

Salud Publica de Mexico

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL.1, 2009, Pages

  Hans, Didier ^a   Krieg, Marc Antoine ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Evidence based practice; Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis; Quantitative ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASIAN; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; DENSITOMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALGORITHMS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; DENSITOMETRY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 67649133065     PISSN: 00363634     EISSN: 16067916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-36342009000700006     Document Type: Article

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