Bone mass in Chinese premenarcheal girls: The roles of body composition, calcium intake and physical activity

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 985-993

  Zhu, Kun ^a   Du, Xueqin ^a   Greenfield, Heather ^a   Zhang, Qian ^b   Ma, Guansheng ^b   Hu, Xiaoqi ^b   Fraser, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone mass; Calcium intake; Physical activity; Premenarcheal girls

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BONE AGE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD GROWTH; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; MENARCHE; METACARPAL BONE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VARIANCE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METACARPUS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 11144272122     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041278     Document Type: Article

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