Race/ethnic differences in bone mineral density in men

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 943-953

  Araujo, A B ^a   Travison, T G ^a   Harris, S S ^b   Holick, M F ^c   Turner, A K ^c   McKinlay, J B ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Epidemiology; Men; Osteoporosis; Population study; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOREARM; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BOSTON; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HIP FRACTURES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249994646     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-006-0321-9     Document Type: Article

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