Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 518-524, October 2008

Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Bone Mineral Density in Healthy Taiwanese Middle-Aged Men

  • Chiung-Wen Kuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiological Technology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China
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  • Tung-Hao Chang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taiwan 500, Republic of China
  • ,
  • Wei-Lain Chi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, The Federation Clinics, Taiwan 121, Republic of China
  • ,
  • Tieh-Chi Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China
    • Department of Radiological Technology, Yuanpei University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tieh-Chi Chu, PhD, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Sciences, National Tsing-Hua University, 101, Section 2 Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300, Republic of China.

Received 11 September 2007; received in revised form 22 July 2008; accepted 25 July 2008. published online 15 September 2008.

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PII: S1094-6950(08)00214-X

doi:10.1016/j.jocd.2008.07.005

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 11, Issue 4 , Pages 518-524, October 2008