A European multicenter comparison of quantitative ultrasound measurement variables: The OPUS study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2815-2828

  Paggiosi, M A ^a   Barkmann, R ^b   Gluer C C ^b   Roux, C ^c   Reid, D M ^d   Felsenberg, D ^e   Bradburn, M ^f   Eastell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^c Paris Descartes University ^*  (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European comparison; Geographical heterogeneity; OPUS study; Quantitative ultrasound; Reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPH; ECHOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FINGER PHALANGES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872084804     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-1912-2     Document Type: Article

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