Adipose tissue and volumetric bone mineral density of older Afro-Caribbean men

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2221-2228

  Yerges Armstrong, Laura M ^a   Miljkovic, Iva ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^a   Sheu, YahTyng ^a   Gordon, Christopher L ^b   Wheeler, Victor W ^c   Bunker, Clareann H ^a   Patrick, Alan L ^c   Zmuda, Joseph M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Adiposity; BMD; Men; Osteoporosis; QCT

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIBIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BONE DENSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 77957659911     PISSN: 08840431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.107     Document Type: Article

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