Bone mineral status in immigrant Indo-Asian women.
BACKGROUND: Indo-Asian immigrants are known to be at high risk of metabolic bone disease, but the prevalence of osteoporosis in this population is unknown. AIM: To compare the bone mineral at the lumbar spine and femoral neck of Indo-Asian immigrant women with that of age-matched Caucasian women. DE...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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