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Article: Study data from University of Pittsburgh provide new insights into bone research.(Clinical report)
- Article from:
- Women's Health Weekly
- Article date:
- November 6, 2008
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"Lead is stored in the skeleton and can serve as an endogenous Source for many years. Lead may influence the risk of fracture, through direct effects on bone strength or indirectly by disturbing neuromuscular function and increasing the risk of falls," scientists in the United States report (see also Bone Research).
"The objective of this analysis is to test the hypothesis that women with hi g her blood lead levels experience higher rates of falls and fracture. This vas a prospective cohort study of 533 women 65-87 yr of age enrolled in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures at two U.S. research centers (Baltimore. MD: Monongahela Valley, PA) from 1.986 to 1.988. ...