Effect of environmental factors and gender on the heritability of bone mineral density and bone size

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 428-438

  Ng, M Y M ^a   Sham, P C ^a,b   Paterson, A D ^c   Chan, V ^a   Kung, A W C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone size; Environment; Gender; Heritability

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PHYTOESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CHINESE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HIP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33744485242     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2005.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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