Inter-sex differences in structural properties of aging femora: Implications on differential bone fragility: A cadaver study

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-457

  Djonic, Danijela ^a   Milovanovic, Petar ^a   Nikolic, Slobodan ^a   Ivovic, Miomira ^b   Marinkovic, Jelena ^a   Beck, Thomas ^c   Djuric, Marija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Bone fragility; Bone strength; HSA; Proximal femur

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE BOWING; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRUCTURE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BONE DENSITY; CADAVER; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052513288     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: 14355604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-010-0240-x     Document Type: Article

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