Age-related bone loss: Relationship between age and regional bone mineral density

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 141-147

  Kamei, Tsutomu ^a   Aoyagi, Kiyoshi ^b   Matsumoto, Tadashi ^b   Ishida, Yutaka ^c   Iwata, Kentaro ^d   Kumano, Hiroaki ^e   Murakami, Yoshio ^f   Kato, Yuzuru ^f  

^a Shimane Institute of Health Science   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nagasaki Mitsubishi Hospital   (Japan)

^d Okinawa Prefectural Chubu Hospital   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Bone mineral density; Dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DEXA); Pelvis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMB; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY; RIB; SKULL; SPINE; THORAX;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIC BONES; RIBS; SKULL; SPINE; THORAX;

EID: 0033071096     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.187.141     Document Type: Article

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