Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women: Does Exercise Training Make a Difference?

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 18-24

  Miller, Larry E ^a,c   Nickols Richardson, Sharon M ^a,c   Ramp, Warren K ^a,c   Gwazdauskas, Frank C ^a,c   Cross, Lawrence H ^b,c   Herbert, William G ^a,c  

^a Exercise ^*  (United States)

^b Educ Res and Evaluation Program

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMUR NECK; FOREARM; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; STRENGTH;

EID: 1242284286     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2004.02.119     Document Type: Review

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