Distribution of bone density and cortical thickness in the proximal femur and their association with hip fracture in postmenopausal women: A quantitative computed tomography study

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 251-263

  Yang, L ^a   Udall, W J M ^a   McCloskey, E V ^a   Eastell, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone QCT; Densitometry; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BONE); DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRACAPSULAR FRACTURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84891881854     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-013-2401-y     Document Type: Article

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