Ethnic differences in bone geometry and strength are apparent in childhood

Bone

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 970-975

  Wetzsteon, R J ^a   Hughes, J M ^b   Kaufman, B C ^b   Vazquez, G ^b   Stoffregen, T A ^b   Stovitz, S D ^b   Petit, M A ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone geometry; Bone strength; Children; Ethnicity; Peripheral quantitative computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIUS; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE; VOLUMETRY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIUS; TIBIA;

EID: 63449113084     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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