Bone mass measurement using quantitative ultrasound in healthy Saudi women: A cross-sectional screening

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1426-1431

  Al Habdan, Ibrahim M ^a   Sadat Ali, Mir ^a   Al Muhanna, Fahd A ^a   Al Elq, Abdulmohsen H ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdul Aziz A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED WOMAN; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 70449645169     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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