Hormone replacement therapy and bone mineral density: A co-twin approach

Menopause

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 436-442

  Margerison, Claire ^a   Paton, Lynda M ^a   Nowson, Caryl A ^b   Ferdous, Hossain S ^a   Kaymakci, Bahtiyar ^a   Wark, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Co twin model; Hormone replacement therapy; Menopause; Twins

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TWINS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY CONSTITUTION; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036836221     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042192-200211000-00009     Document Type: Article

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