Skin color and body size as risk factors for osteoporosis

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 18-23

  Nelson, D A ^a   Kleerekoper, M ^a   Peterson, E ^a   Parfitt, A M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Bone mineral density; Race; Skin reflectometry; stadiometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SKIN COLOR;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASOID RACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0027396950     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623172     Document Type: Article

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