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SUBMITTER: Watsky MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4625912 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pediatric blood & cancer 20140320 8
<h4>Background</h4>We investigated the effects of demographic, lifestyle (self-reported smoking status and physical activity levels), cancer-related treatment factors (radiation and chemotherapy), and diet (calcium and vitamin D intake) on bone turnover and the relationship of bone turnover to lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) Z-scores (LS-BMD Z-scores) determined by quantitative computed tomography (QCT) in 418 ≥5-year survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).<h4>Procedur ...[more]