Thyroid Hormone Use and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Men

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 155, Issue 18, 1995, Pages 2005-2007

  Schneider, Diane L ^a   Barrett Connor, Elizabeth L ^a   Morton, Deborah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOTHYROXINE; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; THYROID HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RADIUS; SPINE; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0029133406     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1995.00430180119013     Document Type: Article

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