The association between serum thyrotropin (TSH) levels and bone mineral density in healthy euthyroid men

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 396-403

  Kim, Beom Jun ^a   Lee, Seung H ^a   Bae, Sung J ^a   Kim, Hong K ^a   Choe, Jae W ^a   Kim, Ha Y ^b   Koh, Jung Min ^a   Kim, Ghi S ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMUR NECK; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMUR NECK; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955729021     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03818.x     Document Type: Article

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