Bone health of Bangladeshi mother–daughter pairs resident in the UK

Osteoporosis, characterised by low bone mineral density (BMD) and increased risk of bone fracture, constitutes a high socio-economic cost worldwide and is predicted to rise further in the future due to the ageing population. Asians are generally reported as having shorter stature, lower BMD and lowe...

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Main Author: Diane Harper
Format: Default Thesis
Published: 2018
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Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Asian
Bangladeshi
BMD
Hip geometry
Fracture
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/36660
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