Functional integration of skeletal traits: An intraskeletal assessment of bone size, mineralization, and volume covariance

Bone

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 127-138

  Schlecht, Stephen H ^a   Jepsen, Karl J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Cortical area; Functional morphology; Mineralization; Robustness

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE FRAGILITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE SIZE; BONE STRENGTH; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORTICAL BONE; COVARIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; LEG; LONG BONE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OSTEOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; RIGIDITY; SKELETON; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

BONE; CORTICAL AREA; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; ROBUSTNESS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879367623     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2013.05.012     Document Type: Article

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