Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 329-334 , July 2006

Body Mass Index Is Not a Good Predictor of Bone Density: Results From WHI, CHS, and EPIDOS

  • John Robbins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: John Robbins, MD, Division of General Medicine, 4150 V Street, PSSB Suite 2400, Sacramento, CA 95817.
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  • Anne-Marie Schott

      Affiliations

    • Département d'Information Medical, Lyon, France
    • ,
  • Rahman Azari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Statistics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
    • ,
  • Richard Kronmal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Received 23 November 2005 ,Revised 27 January 2006 ,Accepted 8 February 2006.

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PII: S1094-6950(06)00036-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2006.02.005

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 9, Issue 3 , Pages 329-334 , July 2006

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