Body anthropometry and the risk of hip and wrist fractures in men: results from a prospective study

Obesity Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-19

  Owusu, William ^a   Willet, Walter ^a,b   Ascherio, Alberto ^a,b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Rimm, Eric ^a,b   Feskanich, Diane ^b   Colditz, Graham ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body mass index; Fractures; Osteoporosis; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; WRIST INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0031614037     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1998.tb00309.x     Document Type: Article

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