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Genetic and environmental determinants of bone mineral density in Mexican Americans: results from the San Antonio Family Osteoporosis Study.
Bone - 1 Nov 2003
Mitchell Braxton D, Kammerer Candace M, Schneider Jennifer L, Perez Reina, Bauer Richard L
Abstract excerpt
Osteoporosis is a major cause of disability in the United States. Numerous factors contribute to the decline in bone mineral density (BMD) that characterizes this disease, and the importance of heredity is now widely appreciated. We evaluated the joint contributions of genes and environmental factors on variation in BMD in 895 participants of the San Antonio Family Osteoporosis Study (SAFOS). Participants of the...
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