The differing tempo of growth in bone size, mass, and density in girls is region-specific

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 795-804

  Bass, Shona ^a,d   Delmas, Pierre D ^b   Pearce, Georgina ^a   Hendrich, Elke ^a   Tabensky, Aaron ^a   Seeman, Ego ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SKELETON;

EID: 0032699216     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7060     Document Type: Article

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