Risk Factors of Bone Mass Loss at the Lumbar Spine: A Longitudinal Study in Healthy Korean Pre- and Perimenopausal Women Older than 40 Years

Sungsu Kim; Jaehoon Jung; Jung Hwa Jung; Soo Kyoung Kim; Rock-Bum Kim; Jong Ryeal Hahm

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136283

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Risk Factors of Bone Mass Loss at the Lumbar Spine: A Longitudinal Study in Healthy Korean Pre- and Perimenopausal Women Older than 40 Years

Sungsu Kim,

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeonsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Jaehoon Jung,

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeonsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Jung Hwa Jung,

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeonsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Soo Kyoung Kim ,

* E-mail: 9854008@naver.com (SKK); jrhahm@hanmail.net (JRH)

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeonsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Rock-Bum Kim,

Affiliation Environmental Health Center, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea
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Jong Ryeal Hahm

* E-mail: 9854008@naver.com (SKK); jrhahm@hanmail.net (JRH)

Affiliations Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine and Gyeonsang National University Hospital, Jinju, Republic of Korea, Institute of Health Sciences, Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine, Jinju, Republic of Korea
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Risk Factors of Bone Mass Loss at the Lumbar Spine: A Longitudinal Study in Healthy Korean Pre- and Perimenopausal Women Older than 40 Years

Sungsu Kim,
Jaehoon Jung,
Jung Hwa Jung,
Soo Kyoung Kim,
Rock-Bum Kim,
Jong Ryeal Hahm

Published: August 28, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0136283

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