QUANTITATIVE COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHY BASED BONE-STRENGTH INDICATORS FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF LOW BONE-STRENGTH INDIVIDUALS IN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy By BINO ABEL VARGHESE

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