Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 276-282 , April 2008

In Vivo and In Vitro Comparison of Densitometers in the NOREPOS Study

  • Tone K. Omsland

      Affiliations

    • Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tone Kristin Omsland, Section for Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
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  • Nina Emaus

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Clara G. Gjesdal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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  • Jan A. Falch

      Affiliations

    • Center of Endocrinology, Aker University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, Oslo, Norway
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  • Grethe S. Tell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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  • Lisa Forsen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
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  • Gro K.R. Berntsen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway
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  • Haakon E. Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Institute of General Practice and Community Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Division of Epidemiology, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway

Received 21 June 2007 ,Revised 4 October 2007 ,Accepted 5 October 2007.

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 The NOREPOS Research Group: The Core Research Group (in alphabetic order): Nina Emaus (Tromsø), Haakon E. Meyer (Oslo), Berit Schei (Nord-Trøndelag), and Grethe S. Tell (Bergen). Local collaborators (in alphabetic order): Bergen: Gjesdal CG, Tell GS; Nord-Trøndelag: Forsén L, Forsmo S, Langhammer A, Schei B; Oslo: Falch JA, Meyer HE, Søgaard AJ; Tromsø: Berntsen GKR, Emaus N, Fønnebø V, Joachimsen RM.

PII: S1094-6950(07)00211-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.10.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 276-282 , April 2008

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