Estrogen, exercise, and the skeleton

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Devlin, Maureen J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Mechanical loading; Puberty; Skeletal robusticity

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PERIOSTEUM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; PERIOSTEUM; PHENOTYPE; SHEEP;

EID: 79954477248     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.20299     Document Type: Article

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