A multicenter study of the influence of fat and lean mass on bone mineral content: Evidence for differences in their relative influence at major fracture sites

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 354-360

  Hla, Mya M ^a   Davis, James W ^b   Ross, Philip D ^b   Wasnich, Richard D ^b   Yates, A John ^b   Ravn, Pernille ^b   Hosking, David J ^b   McClung, Michael R ^b  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Body composition; bone mineral content; fat mass; lean mass; menopause; multicenter study

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OBESITY; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0029818913     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/64.3.345     Document Type: Article

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