Associations of parity, breast-feeding, and birth control pills with lumbar spine and femoral neck bone densities

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 318-322

  Hreshchyshyn, Myroslaw M ^a   Hopkins, Amy ^b   Zylstra, Samuel ^a   Anbar, Michael ^b  

^a Departments of Gynecology and Obstetricsa and Biophysical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

birth control pills; bone density; breast feeding; femoral neck; lumbar spine; Parity

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

BIRTH CONTROL; BONE DENSITY; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0023747664     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(88)80075-9     Document Type: Article

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