Differential effect of gender on the sizes of the bones in the axial and appendicular skeletons

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1603-1607

  Gilsanz, Vicente ^a   Kovanlikaya, Arzu ^a   Costin, Gertrude ^a   Roe, Thomas F ^a   Sayre, James ^b   Kaufman, Francine ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE GROWTH; BONE STRESS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0030918078     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.5.1603     Document Type: Article

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