Urban-Rural Differences in Bone Mineral Density: A Cross Sectional Analysis Based on the Hyderabad Indian Migration Study.

<h4>Background</h4>Fracture risk is rising in countries undergoing rapid rural to urban migration, but whether this reflects an adverse effect of urbanization on intrinsic bone strength, as reflected by bone mineral density (BMD), is currently unknown.<h4>Methods</h4>Lumbar s...

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Main Authors: Heli T Viljakainen, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Sanjay Kinra, Shah Ebrahim, Hannah Kuper, K V Radhakrishna, Bharati Kulkarni, Jon H Tobias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140787
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