Building bone mass through exercise: Could less be more?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 2-3

  Gross, T S ^a,b   Srinivasan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FITNESS; JUMPING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPENIA; SECOND MESSENGER;

BONE DENSITY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REST;

EID: 29744464693     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2004.016972     Document Type: Editorial

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