Assessment of sex-specific genetic and environmental effects on bone mineral density

Genetic Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-161

  Brown, Lillian B ^a   Streeten, Elizabeth A ^b   Shuldiner, Alan R ^b,c   Almasy, Laura A ^d   Peyser, Patricia A ^a   Mitchell, Braxton D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Genetics; Heritability; Interaction; Sex; Variance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 4344662885     PISSN: 07410395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gepi.20009     Document Type: Article

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