The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study: Baseline Data from a Prospective Observational African Sub-Saharan Study

The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study: Baseline Data from a Prospective Observational African Sub-Saharan Study

The Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study is a prospective observational study investigating bone and muscle ageing in men and women from a poor, subsistence farming community of The Gambia, West Africa. Musculoskeletal diseases, including osteoporosis and sarcopenia, form a major part of the current...

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Main Authors: Ayse Zengin, Anthony J. Fulford, Yankuba Sawo, Landing M. Jarjou, Inez Schoenmakers, Gail Goldberg, Ann Prentice, Kate A. Ward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
bone
ageing
Africa
muscle
dual energy X-ray absorptiometry
non-communicable disease
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fendo.2017.00219/full

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