Clinical evaluation of a phalangeal bone mineral density assessment system

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 292-300

  Patel, Rajesh ^a   Blake, Glen M ^b   Panayiotou, Elleny ^b   Fogelman, Ignac ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Clinical risk factors; Osteoporosis; Phalanges

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HAND; HIP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHALANX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HIP; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINE;

EID: 77955514776     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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