Sex difference between body composition and weight-bearing bone mineral density in Korean adult twins: Healthy twin study

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-502

  Kim, Taehun ^a   Sung, Joohon ^a   Song, Yun Mi ^b   Lee, Kayoung ^c   Cho, Sung Il ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body composition; Bone; Mechanical loading; Sex; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TWINS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79959744306     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: 14320827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00223-011-9483-3     Document Type: Article

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