The effect of moderate alcohol consumption on bone mineral density: A study of female twins

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 309-310

  Williams, Frances M K ^a   Cherkas, L F ^a   Spector, T D ^a   MacGregor, A J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; HORMONE; OSTEOCALCIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE TURNOVER; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BONE DENSITY; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 13244251411     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2004.022269     Document Type: Article

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