Bone loss and bone size after menopause

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 349, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-334

  Ahlborg, Henrik G ^a   Johnell, Olof ^a   Turner, Charles H ^b   Rannevik, Gunnar ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Malmö University Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOLYSIS; PERIOSTEUM; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; RISK FACTOR; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; BONE; BONE REMODELING; HISTOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIUS FRACTURE;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PERIOSTEUM; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES;

EID: 0038116381     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa022464     Document Type: Article

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