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Bone mineral content in normal US whitesPhoton absorptiometry with I-125 was used to measure the bone mineral content and the bone width on 763 children between the ages of 5 and 19 years, on 538 adults between the ages of 20 and 49 years, and on 550 adults over the age of 50 years. Measurements were made on the midshaft and the distal end of the radius and the ulna, and on the humerus midshaft. This has permitted analysis of annual bone growth in children, and the rate of change in elderly adults per decade. Male and female children grew at about the same rate until adolescence. After adolescence females grew at a slow rate until the mid-twenties, while males reached adult mineralization by age 20. Males remained relatively constant until the fifties, and females began their decline in the forties.
Document ID
19750003574
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Mazess, R. B.
(Wisconsin Univ. Hospital Madison, WI, United States)
Cameron, J. R.
(Wisconsin Univ. Hospital Madison, WI, United States)
Date Acquired
August 8, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1974
Publication Information
Publication: HEW Intern. Conf. on Bone Mineral Meas.
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Accession Number
75N11646
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-50-002-051
CONTRACT_GRANT: AT(11-1)-1422
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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