Contributions of vertebral fractures to stature loss among elderly Japanese-American women in Hawaii

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 408-411

  Huang, Chun ^a   Ross, Philip D ^a   Lydick, Eva ^b   Davis, James W ^a   Wasnich, Richard D ^a  

^a Hawaii Osteoporosis Center   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0029960231     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.5650110315     Document Type: Article

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