Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 260-265 , April 2008

Peak Bone Density in Croatian Women: Variations at Different Skeletal Sites

  • Selma Cvijetic

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Selma Cvijetić, MD, PhD, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska cesta 2, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia.
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  • Irena Colic Baric

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Irena Keser

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Ivana Cecic

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Zvonimir Satalić

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Food Technology and Biotechnology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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  • Maja Blanuša

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health

Received 10 September 2007 ,Revised 6 December 2007 ,Accepted 28 December 2007.

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PII: S1094-6950(07)00268-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2007.12.019

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 2 , Pages 260-265 , April 2008

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