Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2007

Risk Factors for Prevalent Vertebral Fractures in Black and White Female Densitometry Patients

  • Tamara J. Vokes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tamara J. Vokes, MD, Section of Endocrinology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland, MC1027, Chicago, IL 60637.
    • ,
  • Daniel L. Gillen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of California, Irvine, CA
    • ,
  • Ann T. Pham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Jeanne M. Lovett

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Received 13 October 2006 ,Revised 7 November 2006 ,Accepted 8 November 2006.

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 Presented in part at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the International Society of Clinical Densitometry.

PII: S1094-6950(06)00308-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.11.002

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 1-9 , January 2007

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