Evidence for bone mass and body fat distribution relationship in postmenopausal obese women

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-21

  Tarquini, Brunetto ^a   Navari, Nadia ^a   Perfetto, Federico ^a   Piluso, Adriano ^a   Romano, Salvatore ^b   Tarquini, Roberto ^a  

^a Istituto di Clinica Medica IV   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body fat distribution; Bone mass; Obesity; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0031022990     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(96)00723-6     Document Type: Article

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