Does body size account for gender differences in femur bone density and geometry?

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1291-1299

  Looker, A C ^a   Beck, T J ^a   Orwoll, E S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Bone mass; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Hip structural geometry; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOSTEUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0034977508     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.2001.16.7.1291     Document Type: Article

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