Comparison of site-specific bone mass indices in south african children of different ethnic groups

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 317-325

  Micklesfield, L K ^a,d   Norris, S A ^a   Van Der Merwe, L ^b,c   Lambert, E V ^d   Beck, T ^e   Pettifor, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e Johns Hopkins   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mass; Bone strength; Children; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Ethnicity; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 70349967958     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-009-9286-y     Document Type: Article

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