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Sex- and race-related differences in cross-sectional geometry and bone density of the femoral mid-shaft in older adults

D. R. Taaffe Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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T. F. Lang Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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T. Fuerst Synarc, Inc., San Francisco, California, USA
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J. A. Cauley Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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M. C. Nevitt Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
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T. B. Harris School of Human Movement Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Pages 329-346 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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