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Genetic and environmental correlations between bone phenotypes and anthropometric indices in Chinese.
Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA - 1 Sept 2005
Yang Yan-Jun, Dvornyk Volodymyr, Jian Wei-Xia, Xiao Su-Mei, Deng Hong-Wen
Abstract excerpt
Height, weight, bone mineral density (BMD), and bone size are all influenced by genetic and environmental factors as well as interactions between them. Height and weight are often used in population studies to adjust the bone phenotypes. However, it is still unknown what proportion of genetic and...
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