Changes in vertebral bone density in black girls and white girls during childhood and puberty

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 23, 1991, Pages 1597-1600

  Gilsanz, Vicente ^a   Roe, Thomas F ^a   Mora, Stefano ^a   Costin, Gertrude ^a   Goodman, William G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MATURATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0025995746     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199112053252302     Document Type: Article

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