Quantitative ultrasound of the tibia and radius in prepubertal and early-pubertal female athletes

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 139-143

  Falk, Bareket ^a   Bronshtein, Zohar ^a   Zigel, Levana ^a   Constantini, Naama W ^a   Eliakim, Alon ^b  

^a WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUND; SWIMMING; TIBIA; TRAINING; ULTRASOUND; VELOCITY;

EID: 0037298786     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.2.139     Document Type: Article

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