Demonstration that bone mass is greater in black than in white children

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 719-723

  Bell, Norman H ^a,b   Shary, Judith ^a,b   Stevens, June ^a   Garza, Martha ^a   Gordon, Leonie ^a   Edwards, Jeanne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; SCHOOL CHILD;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASOID RACE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGROID RACE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025734524     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: 15234681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650060709     Document Type: Article

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