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Associations between maternal peak bone mass and bone mass in prepubertal male and female children.
Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research - 1 Oct 2000
Jones G, Nguyen T V
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The aim of this study was to estimate heritability of bone density in premenopausal women, prepubertal male, and prepubertal female child pairs. We studied 291 pairs (mothers, mean age, 33 years, range 22-45 years; children, mean age, 7.92 years, range 7.32-8.92 years). Bone density and body comp...
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