Differences in bone mineral density and geometry in men and women: The Newcastle Thousand Families study at 50 years old

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 930, 2005, Pages 493-498

  Tuck, S P ^a   Pearce, M S ^b   Rawlings, D J ^a   Birrell, F N ^c   Parker, L ^b   Francis, R M ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 20744449330     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/42380498     Document Type: Article

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