Race and sex differences and contribution of height: A study on bone size in healthy Caucasians and Chinese

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 568-575

  Zhang, Yuan Yuan ^a   Liu, Peng Yuan ^a   Lu, Yan ^a   Davies, K Michael ^a   Dvornyk, Volodymyr ^a,b   Recker, Robert R ^a   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,c  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRENGTH; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CHINESE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; CHINA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 28044472768     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20427     Document Type: Article

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