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- Title
Bone and fat relationships in postadolescent black females: a pQCT study.
- Authors
Pollock, N K; Laing, E M; Hamrick, M W; Baile, C A; Hall, D B; Lewis, R D
- Abstract
Despite adolescent black females experiencing the highest rates of obesity, the effect of excess fat mass on bone structure and strength in this population is unknown. Our findings in postadolescent black females suggest that excess weight in the form of fat mass may adversely influence cortical bone structure and strength.
- Publication
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2011, Vol 22, Issue 2, p655
- ISSN
1433-2965
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00198-010-1266-6