Bone mineral density, body mass index and cigarette smoking among Iranian women: implications for prevention

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>While risk factors of osteoporosis in Western populations have been extensively documented, such a profile has not been well studied in Caucasians of non-European origin. This study was designed to estimate the modifiable distributio...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Nguyen D, Eisman John A, Pocock Nicholas A, Baheiraei Azam, Nguyen Tuan V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-06-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/6/34