Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 397-403 , July 2008

Defining Risk Thresholds for a 10-Year Probability of Hip Fracture Model That Combines Clinical Risk Factors and Quantitative Ultrasound: Results Using the EPISEM Cohort

  • C. Durosier

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Medical Information, Hospices Civils of Lyon, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • D. Hans

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland
    • Center for Bone Diseases—Bone and Joint Department, Lausanne, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D. Hans, PhD, MBA, Center of Bone Diseases—Bone and Joint Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Avenue Decker 4, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland.
    • ,
  • M.A. Krieg

      Affiliations

    • Center for Bone Diseases—Bone and Joint Department, Lausanne, University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • ,
  • A.M. Schott

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Medical Information, Hospices Civils of Lyon, Lyon, France
    • Edouard Herriot Hospital, Lyon, France

Received 15 August 2007 ,Revised 12 March 2008 ,Accepted 15 March 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2008.03.002

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 397-403 , July 2008

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