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O5. Bone mineral content decreases with age in elderly rural Gambian women

โœ Scribed by Aspray, TJ; Prentice, A; Sawo, Y; Francis, RM; Reeve, J

Book ID
123381856
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1994
Tongue
English
Weight
168 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
8756-3282

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Low bone mineral content is common but o
Low bone mineral content is common but osteoporotic fractures are rare in elderly rural Gambian women
โœ Dr. Terence J. Aspray; Ann Prentice; Timothy J. Cole; Yankuba Sawo; Jonathon Ree ๐Ÿ“‚ Article ๐Ÿ“… 2009 ๐Ÿ› American Society for Bone and Mineral Research ๐ŸŒ English โš– 618 KB

Osteoporosis is reported to be rare in Black Africa. The low fracture incidence among North American black women is explained by a high peak bone mass and preservation of bone mineral into old age. To assess whether this is the case among Black African women, we measured bone mineral content (BMC) a