Influence of weight, age and puberty on bone size and bone mineral content in healthy children and adolescents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 494-499

  Molgaard C ^a,c   Thomsen, B Lykke ^b   Michaelsen, K Fleischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Res Department of Human Nutrition   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bone mineral content; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; PUBERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031834113     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259850158173     Document Type: Article

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