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Prevalence and trends in low femur bone density among older US adults: NHANES 2005–2006 compared with NHANES III

  1. Anne C Looker1,*,
  2. L Joseph Melton III2,
  3. Tamara B Harris3,
  4. Lori G Borrud1,
  5. John A Shepherd4

Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009

DOI: 10.1359/jbmr.090706

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Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Volume 25, Issue 1, pages 64–71, January 2010

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Looker, A. C., Melton, L. J., Harris, T. B., Borrud, L. G. and Shepherd, J. A. (2010), Prevalence and trends in low femur bone density among older US adults: NHANES 2005–2006 compared with NHANES III. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25: 64–71. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.090706

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  1. 1

    National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, MD, USA

  2. 2

    Division of Epidemiology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

  3. 3

    Epidemiology, Demography and Biometry Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, USA

  4. 4

    Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

*National Center for Health Statistics, Room 4310, 3311 Toledo Road. Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 JAN 2010
  2. Article first published online: 14 DEC 2009
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 1 JUL 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 14 MAY 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 1 APR 2009

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