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Alcohol dependence, smoking status, reproductive characteristics, and bone mineral density in premenopausal women
1College of Nursing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52246, USA.
Research in Nursing & Health
|October 1, 1996
Abstract:
Bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and femoral neck in 25 women who were alcohol dependent (case subjects) and 25 control subjects, matched for age, height, and weight was compared. Mean bone mineral density was 6.8% lower at the femoral neck and 6.9% lower at the lumbar spine in case subjects (p