Bone quantity and quality of youths working on a farm - A pilot study

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 27-38

  Bhattacharya, Amit ^a   Watts, Nelson B ^a   Gordon, Jessica ^a   Shukla, Rakesh ^a   Waters, Thomas ^b   Bartels, Steve ^c   Coleman, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SignaLysis Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Bone quality; Bone shock absorption capacity; Farm youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; AGING; AGRICULTURE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 58149305999     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10599240801985589     Document Type: Article

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