Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 399-405 , October 2006

Standards and Measurements for Assessing Bone Health—Workshop Report Co-Sponsored by the International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

  • Herbert S. Bennett

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Herbert S. Bennett, NIST, 100 Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 8120, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
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  • Andrew Dienstfrey

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO
    • ,
  • Lawrence T. Hudson

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
    • ,
  • Tammy Oreskovic

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO
    • ,
  • Thomas Fuerst

      Affiliations

    • Synarc, Inc., San Francisco, CA
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  • John Shepherd

      Affiliations

    • University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Received 22 May 2006 ,Revised 7 June 2006 ,Accepted 14 June 2006.

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 All views expressed in this article are those of the authors and of others to whom attribution is given and are not necessarily those of the ISCD nor of the authors' host institutions (NIST, University of California, San Francisco, CA, and Synarc, Inc.) nor of any of the institutions cited herein. Certain commercial equipment, instruments, or materials are identified in this article to specify experimental or theoretical procedures. Such identification does not imply recommendation by any of the host institutions of the authors, nor does it imply that the equipment or materials are necessarily the best available for the intended purpose.

PII: S1094-6950(06)00220-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.06.003

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 399-405 , October 2006

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