Cortical bone remodeling rates in a sample of African American and European American descent groups from the American midwest: Comparisons of age and sex in ribs

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 214-226

  Cho, Helen ^a   Stout, Sam D ^b   Bishop, Thomas A ^b  

^a DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Bone loss; European American; Histomorphometry; Remodeling

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; RIB; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; BONE REMODELING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIBS; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 33646732452     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20312     Document Type: Article

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