Genetic determination of variation and covariation of bone mineral density at the hip and spine in a Chinese population

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-185

  Jian, Wei Xia ^a   Long, Ji Rong ^b   Li, Miao Xin ^a   Liu, Xiang Hua ^a   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density (BMD); Genetic correlation; Heritability; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHINESE; FEMALE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HIP; HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHINA; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR FAMILY; SIBLINGS; SPINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 17844402712     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-004-0558-3     Document Type: Article

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