Bone mass measurement using quantitative ultrasound in healthy Saudi women: A cross-sectional screening

To study the prevalence of osteopenia and osteoporosis in healthy Saudi women, a community-based screening was carried out. Three thousand and two hundred sixty-nine women in the young women in peak bone mass (PBM) age group and 3131 in the postmenopausal age (PMA) group were screened using Achilles...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Saudi medical journal 2009-11, Vol.30 (11), p.1426-1431
Hauptverfasser:	AL-HABDAN, Ibrahim M, SADAT-ALI, Mir, AL-MUHANNA, FahdA, AL-ELQ, Abdulmohsen H, AL-MULHIM, Abdul-Aziz A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Aged Biological and medical sciences Bone Density Bone Diseases, Metabolic - diagnostic imaging Bone Diseases, Metabolic - epidemiology Cross-Sectional Studies Female General aspects Humans Mass Screening - methods Medical sciences Middle Aged Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - diagnostic imaging Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal - epidemiology Probability Reference Values Risk Assessment Saudi Arabia - epidemiology Ultrasonography, Doppler - methods
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