Osteoporosis in different age-groups and various body mass index (BMI) ranges in women undergoing bone mass measurement at King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 644-649

  Rithirangsriroj, Kunthida ^a   Panyakhamlerd, Krasean ^a   Chaikittisilpa, Sukanya ^a   Chaiwatanarat, Tawatchai ^a   Taechakraichana, Nimit ^a  

^a KING CHULALONGKORN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Bone mineral density (BMD); Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE DATABASE; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84863926835     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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