Rates of bone loss in peri- and postmenopausal women: A 41 year, prospective, population-based study

Clinical Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-312

  Young, R ^a   May, H ^b   Murphy, S ^b   Grey, C ^c   Compston, J E ^b,c  

^a Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Hip; Hormone replacement therapy; Postmenopausal women; Spine

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FEMUR; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029831905     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/cs0910307     Document Type: Article

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