An investigation of ethnic differences in bone mineral, hip axis length, calcium metabolism and bone turnover between West African and Caucasian adults living in the United Kingdom

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-242

  Dibba, B ^a   Prentice, A ^a   Laskey, M A ^a   Stirling, D M ^a   Cole, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033134910     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/030144699282732     Document Type: Article

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