Areal and volumetric bone density in Hong Kong Chinese: A comparison with Caucasians living in the United States

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 583-588

  Lau, E M C ^a,c   Lynn, H ^a   Woo, J ^a   Melton III, L J ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Asians; Bone mineral density; Chinese; Ethnic groups; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALIBRATION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTMENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENILE OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BONE DENSITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043028690     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-003-1402-7     Document Type: Article

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