title: Changes in bone density and cortical thickness of the second metacarpal between the ages of 3 and 74 years as a method for investigating bone mineral metabolism.
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001862:Bone Resorption / Q000378:metabolism; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D002113:Calcification, Physiologic; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000378:metabolism; D013679:Technology, Radiologic