Age- and gender-related differences in vertebral bone mass, density, and strength

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1394-1403

  Ebbesen, Ebbe Nils ^a   Thomsen, Jesper S ^a   Beck Nielsen, Henning ^b   Nepper Rasmussen, Hans J ^b   Mosekilde, Lis ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032767507     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.1999.14.8.1394     Document Type: Article

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