Lifestyle factors affecting bone ultrasonometry of the calcaneus in Japanese women

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-46

  Yamaguchi, J ^a   Truman, G ^a   Cameron, I D ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcaneus; Calcium intake; Densitometry; Lifestyle exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033460224     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002230050008     Document Type: Article

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