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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Effect of beer drinking on ultrasound bone mass in women
Nutrition Published Online 15 June 2009

To study the effect of beer consumption on bone mass in a group of healthy women, by using phalangeal bone ultrasound to evaluate the amplitude-dependent speed of sound.

The greater bone density found in women beer drinkers might be a result of the phytoestrogen content of this alcoholic drink; this requires further investigation.

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