Population differences in parameters of bone and mineral metabolism - The African fracture paradox

South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 77-78

  Hough, Stephen ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

AFRICA; AGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; BONE TURNOVER; CAUCASIAN; DIET; EDITORIAL; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MINERAL METABOLISM; NEGRO; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URBANIZATION;

EID: 3142719224     PISSN: 10118578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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