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Computed tomographic measurements of thigh muscle cross-sectional area and attenuation coefficient predict hip fracture: The health, aging, and body composition study

  1. Thomas Lang1,*,
  2. Jane A Cauley2,
  3. Frances Tylavsky3,
  4. Douglas Bauer4,
  5. Steven Cummings5,
  6. Tamara B Harris6

Article first published online: 18 MAR 2010

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090807

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 3, pages 513–519, March 2010

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Lang, T., Cauley, J. A., Tylavsky, F., Bauer, D., Cummings, S. and Harris, T. B. (2010), Computed tomographic measurements of thigh muscle cross-sectional area and attenuation coefficient predict hip fracture: The health, aging, and body composition study. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 513–519. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090807

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  1. 1

    Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

  3. 3

    University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

  4. 4

    Department of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

  5. 5

    San Francisco Coordinating Center, California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA

  6. 6

    Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

*Thomas F Lang, PhD, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Suite 350, San Francisco CA 94143-0946, USA

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 MAR 2010
  2. Article first published online: 18 MAR 2010
  3. Accepted manuscript online: 27 JAN 2010 12:00AM EST
  4. Manuscript Accepted: 30 JUL 2009
  5. Manuscript Revised: 21 APR 2009
  6. Manuscript Received: 5 OCT 2008

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