The role of bone marrow and visceral fat on bone metabolism

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 67-75

  Sheu, Yahtyng ^a   Cauley, Jane A ^a  

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

Author keywords

BMD; Bone; Bone marrow fat; Central obesity; Fracture; Metabolic syndrome; Visceral adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; BONE MASS; BONE METABOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE MARROW; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 79957533273     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-011-0051-6     Document Type: Article

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