Age-related trends in hip geometry in Sri Lankan women: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 431-435

  Lekamwasam, Sarath ^a   Lenora, Janaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Hip structure; Postmenopausal osteoporosis; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CLIMACTERIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR SHAFT; GEOMETRY; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SRI LANKA; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PELVIMETRY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 35748964412     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-007-0762-z     Document Type: Article

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