A study of bone marrow and subcutaneous fatty acid composition in subjects of varying bone mineral density

Bone

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1092-1096

  Griffith, James F ^a   Yeung, David K W ^a   Ahuja, Anil T ^a   Choy, Carol W Y ^a   Mei, Wong Yin ^a   Lam, Sherlock S L ^a   Lam, T P ^a   Chen, Zhen Yu ^a   Leung, Ping C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fatty acids; Marrow fat; Polyunsaturated fatty acids; Subcutaneous fat

Indexed keywords

BEHENIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; BONE REMODELING; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 67349185097     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.02.022     Document Type: Article

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