Intraskeletal variability in bone mass

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-97

  Peck, Joshua J ^a   Stout, Sam D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone loss; Cortical bone; Mechanical loading; Skeletal biology

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEG; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE AND BONES; BONE RESORPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33845906865     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20464     Document Type: Article

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