Differential effect of race on the axial and appendicular skeletons of children

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1420-1427

  Gilsanz, Vicente ^a   Skaggs, David L ^a   Kovanlikaya, Arzu ^a   Sayre, James ^b   Loro, M Luiza ^a   Kaufman, Francine ^a   Korenman, Stanley G ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031796084     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.5.1420     Document Type: Article

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