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L. Joseph Melton | Researchclopedia

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L. Joseph Melton

Microsoft (United States)

193

Works

51,154

Citations

94

h-index

165

i10-index

Research Topics

Bone health and osteoporosis research Hip and Femur Fractures Bone fractures and treatments

Affiliations

Microsoft (United States)2024–2025

Los Angeles County Department of Health Services1986–1986

Mayo Clinic1980–2016

Children's Hospital of Los Angeles2000–2000

University of Wisconsin–Madison1981–1982

Top Works

The diagnosis of osteoporosis

John A. Professor Kanis,L. Joseph Melton,et al.

19943,847 citations

Bone health and treatments

Vitamin D Research Studies

Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures

Steven R. Cummings,L. Joseph Melton

20023,779 citations

ASSESSMENT OF FRACTURE RISK AND ITS APPLICATION TO SCREENING FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS

Ludmila P. Alexeeva,Patrick Burkhardt,et al.

19942,669 citations

Involutional Osteoporosis

B. Lawrence Riggs,L. Joseph Melton

19861,919 citations

Sex Steroids and the Construction and Conservation of the Adult Skeleton

B. Lawrence Riggs,Sundeep Khosla,et al.

20021,740 citations

Predictive Value of BMD for Hip and Other Fractures

Olof Johnell,John А. Kanis,et al.

20051,439 citations

The worldwide problem of osteoporosis: Insights afforded by epidemiology

B. Lawrence Riggs,L. Joseph Melton

19951,407 citations

A reference standard for the description of osteoporosis

John А. Kanis,Eugène McCloskey,et al.

20071,220 citations

The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women

J. A. Kanis,Anders Odén,et al.

20071,216 citations