Exercise and bone health: Optimising bone structure during growth is key, but all is not in vain during ageing

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 885-887

  Warden, Stuart J ^a   Fuchs, Robyn K ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATHLETE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDITORIAL; EXERCISE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; RISK; SKELETON;

AGING; BONE AND BONES; EXERCISE; HUMANS;

EID: 70449709107     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2008.054866     Document Type: Editorial

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