Racial/ethnic differences in bone mineral density among older women

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 190-198

  Nam, Hae Sung ^a,b   Kweon, Sun Seog ^c   Choi, Jin Su ^c   Zmuda, Joseph M ^b   Leung, P C ^d   Lui, Li Yung ^e   Hill, Deanna D ^f   Patrick, Alan L ^b,g   Cauley, Jane A ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

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

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^g Tobago Health Studies Office   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Bone densitometry; Bone mineral density; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HIP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGING; ASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; NEGRO; PHYSIOLOGY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE;

EID: 84881472344     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: 14355604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-012-0402-0     Document Type: Article

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