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Different effects of age, adiposity and physical activity on the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in postmenopausal women

While increasing age, decreasing body mass index (BMI), and physical inactivity are known to increase hip fracture risk, whether these factors have similar effects on other common fractures is not well established. We used prospectively-collected data from a large cohort to examine the role of these...

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Autores principales: Armstrong, Miranda E.G., Cairns, Benjamin J., Banks, Emily, Green, Jane, Reeves, Gillian K., Beral, Valerie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405513/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22465850
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2012.03.014