Unaltered Cortical Area of Pregnant and Lactating Women: Studies of the Second Metacarpal Bone in North and Central American Populations

Unaltered Cortical Area of Pregnant and Lactating Women: Studies of the Second Metacarpal Bone in North and Central American Populations

The cortical thickness of 836 women from the six Central American nations and 324 Caucasian and 249 Negro females from the United States selected on the basis of stage of pregnancy, lactation, and parity was investigated. The results indicate that there is no change in the cortical area of the secon...

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Veröffentlicht in:Investigative radiology 1971-03, Vol.6 (2), p.119-121
Hauptverfasser: Frisancho, A Roberto, Garn, Stanley M, Ascoli, Werner
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Aged
Aging
Anthropometry
Black or African American
Black People
Bone Development
Calcium, Dietary
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Female
Guatemala
Honduras
Humans
Lactation
Metacarpus - anatomy & histology
Middle Aged
Nicaragua
Panama
Parity
Pregnancy
Time Factors
United States
White People
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Zusammenfassung:The cortical thickness of 836 women from the six Central American nations and 324 Caucasian and 249 Negro females from the United States selected on the basis of stage of pregnancy, lactation, and parity was investigated. The results indicate that there is no change in the cortical area of the second metacarpal during pregnancy and lactation.
ISSN:0020-9996
1536-0210
DOI:10.1097/00004424-197103000-00006