Clinical review 137: Sexual dimorphism in skeletal size, density, and strength

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 4576-4584

  Seeman, Ego ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE STRENGTH; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON;

AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034751519     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.86.10.4576     Document Type: Review

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