During aging, men lose less bone than women because they gain more periosteal bone, not because they resorb less endosteal bone

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 205-208

  Seeman, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone loss, men women; Bone mineral density

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIOSTEUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE;

AGING; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOGENESIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0034768401     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-001-1040-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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