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Familial resemblance and diversity in bone mass and strength in the population are established during the first year of postnatal life

  1. Qingju Wang1,
  2. Markku Alén2,4,
  3. Arja Lyytikäinen2,6,
  4. Leiting Xu2,
  5. Fran A Tylavsky3,
  6. Urho M Kujala2,
  7. Heikki Kröger5,
  8. Ego Seeman1,
  9. Sulin Cheng2,5,*

Article first published online: 29 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.45

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 7, pages 1512–1520, July 2010

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Wang, Q., Alén, M., Lyytikäinen, A., Xu, L., Tylavsky, F. A., Kujala, U. M., Kröger, H., Seeman, E. and Cheng, S. (2010), Familial resemblance and diversity in bone mass and strength in the population are established during the first year of postnatal life. J Bone Miner Res, 25: 1512–1520. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.45

Author Information

  1. 1

    Endocrine Centre, Austin Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

  2. 2

    Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland

  3. 3

    Health Science Center, Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Medical Rehabilitation, Oulu University Hospital and Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

  5. 5

    Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland

  6. 6

    Central Finland Health Care District, Central Finland Hospital/Unit of Family Practice, Jyväskylä, Finland

*Department of Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35, FIN-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 30 JUN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 29 JAN 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 13 JAN 2010
  4. Manuscript Revised: 7 JAN 2010
  5. Manuscript Received: 13 OCT 2009

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