Lactation is associated with greater maternal bone size and bone strength later in life

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1939-1945

  Wiklund, P K ^a   Xu, L ^a   Wang, Q ^b   Mikkola, T ^a   Lyytikainen A ^a,c   Volgyi E ^g   Munukka, E ^a   Cheng, S M ^a   Alen, M ^d   Keinanen Kiukaanniemi S ^e   Cheng, S ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Central Hospital   (Finland)

^d OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone size; Bone strength index; Breastfeeding; Lactation; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE SIZE; BONE STRENGTH; BREAST FEEDING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIBIA SHAFT; VOLUMETRY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863564755     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1790-z     Document Type: Article

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