Gender and race differences in bone mass during infancy

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 395-397

  Rupich, R C ^a   Specker, B L ^a   Lieuw A Fa, M ^a   Ho, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Gender; Infants; Race

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029999762     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02509436     Document Type: Article

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