Healthy postmenopausal women - Physical activity and forearm bone mineral density: The Nord-Trøndelag health survey

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-40

  Augestad, Liv Berit ^a,c   Schei, Berit ^b   Forsmo, Siri ^b   Langhammer, Arnulf ^a   Flanders, William Dana ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BMD; Epidemiology; Exercise; Forearm; Osteoporosis; Physical activity; Population based study; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOREARM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746196789     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v18n01_03     Document Type: Article

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