Muscle mass and fat mass in relation to bone mineral density in very old men and women: The Framingham heart study

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 745-747

  Visser, M ^a   Kiel, D P ^b   Langlois, J ^a   Hannan, M T ^b   Felson, D T ^c   Wilson, P W F ^d   Harris, T B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; MUSCLE;

BODY COMPOSITION; BONE MINERAL DENSITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY (DXA);

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING;

EID: 0032080036     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00101-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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