Low mineral density of a weight-bearing bone among adult women in a high fertility population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 637-648

  Stieglitz, Jonathan ^a,b   Beheim, Bret A ^a   Trumble, Benjamin C ^c   Madimenos, Felicia C ^d   Kaplan, Hillard ^a,b   Gurven, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Building S   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

calcaneus; disposable soma; maternal depletion; quantitative ultrasonography; Tsimane

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCANEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FITNESS; HUMAN; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REPRODUCTION; WEIGHT BEARING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN INDIAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; FERTILITY; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BOLIVIA; BONE DENSITY; CALCANEUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988273305     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22681     Document Type: Article

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