Geometric strength: Bone size during skeletal development

Current Opinion in Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-14

  Rauch, Frank ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone development; Bone size; Children

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; ESTROGEN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CALCIUM INTAKE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HEREDITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METACARPAL BONE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PUBERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646933489     PISSN: 10683097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.med.0000198069.57412.e0     Document Type: Review

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