Population-based geographic variations in DXA bone density in Europe: The EVOS study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 175-189

  Lunt, M ^a   Felsenberg, D ^b   Adams, J ^c   Benevolenskaya, L ^d   Cannata, J ^e   Dequeker, J ^f   Dodenhof, C ^g   Falch, J A ^h   Johnell, O ⁱ   Khaw, K T ^j   Masaryk, P ^k   Pols, H ^l   Poor, G ^m   Reid, D ⁿ   Scheidt Nave, C ^o   Weber, K ^p   Silman, A J ^c   Reeve, J ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d V A NASONOVA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

^h AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

ⁱ LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k Research Institute Rheumatic Disease   (Slovakia)

^l ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^m National Institute of Rheumatology Budapest   (Hungary)

ⁿ ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^o Abteilung Innere Medizin I   (Germany)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Aging; Bone densitometry; Epidemiology; European spine phantom; Geographic variation; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALIBRATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 8244243232     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01622286     Document Type: Article

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