Associations of fat and muscle masses with bone mineral in elderly men and women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-372

  Baumgartner, Richard N ^a   Stauber, Patricia M ^a   Koehler, Kathleen M ^a   Romero, Linda ^a   Garry, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; body composition; Bone mineral

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 0029915069     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/63.3.365     Document Type: Article

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