BMD reference standards among South Asians in the United States

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 379-384

  Melamed, Alexander ^a   Vittinghoff, Eric ^b   Sriram, Usha ^c   Schwartz, Ann V ^b   Kanaya, Alka M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Associates in Clinical Endocrinology Education and Research   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Reference standard; South Asians

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BONE DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INDIAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958459022     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2010.05.007     Document Type: Article

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