Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 330-336 , July 2009

Quantitative Computed Tomography Reveals the Effects of Race and Sex on Bone Size and Trabecular and Cortical Bone Density

  • Isra Saeed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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  • R. Dana Carpenter

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: R. Dana Carpenter, PhD, Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Suite 350, CA 94143-0946.
    • Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Adrian D. LeBlanc

      Affiliations

    • Division of Space Life Sciences, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Jing Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Joyce H. Keyak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Jean D. Sibonga

      Affiliations

    • Division of Space Life Sciences, Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas F. Lang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Received 1 December 2008 ,Revised 27 March 2009 ,Accepted 5 April 2009.

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PII: S1094-6950(09)00138-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2009.04.001

Journal of Clinical Densitometry
Volume 12, Issue 3 , Pages 330-336 , July 2009

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