Body size accounts for most differences in bone density between Asian and Caucasian women

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 339-343

  Ross, P D ^a   He, Y F ^a   Yates, A J ^b   Coupland, C ^c   Ravn, P ^d   McClung, M ^e   Thompson, D ^b   Wasnich, R D ^a  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CCBR   (Denmark)

^e OREGON OSTEOPOROSIS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Asian race; Bone density; Caucasian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0029958602     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002239900137     Document Type: Article

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