The structural and biomechanical basis of the gain and loss of bone strength in women and men

Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-38

  Seeman, Ego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINERALIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037300524     PISSN: 08898529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-8529(02)00078-6     Document Type: Review

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