L. Joseph Melton

Research interests

Publications

• Cortical Porosity Identifies Women With Osteopenia at Increased Risk for Forearm Fractures

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.2167

• The use of clinical risk factors enhances the performance of BMD in the prediction of hip and osteoporotic fractures in men and women

  Osteoporosis International · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-007-0343-y

• A reference standard for the description of osteoporosis

  Bone · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2007.11.001

• Increased risk of cognitive impairment or dementia in women who underwent oophorectomy before menopause

  Neurology · 2007 · https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000276984.19542.e6

• Effects of Sex and Age on Bone Microstructure at the Ultradistal Radius: A Population-Based Noninvasive In Vivo Assessment

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.050916

• Benign Breast Disease and the Risk of Breast Cancer

  New England Journal of Medicine · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa044383

• Predictive Value of BMD for Hip and Other Fractures

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.050304

• How Many Women Have Osteoporosis?

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.2005.20.5.886

• Population-Based Study of Age and Sex Differences in Bone Volumetric Density, Size, Geometry, and Structure at Different Skeletal Sites

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 2004 · https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.040916

• Epidemiology and outcomes of osteoporotic fractures

  The Lancet · 2002 · 10.1016/s0140-6736(02)08657-9

• Sex Steroids and the Construction and Conservation of the Adult Skeleton

  Endocrine Reviews · 2002 · https://doi.org/10.1210/edrv.23.3.0465

• Relationship of Serum Sex Steroid Levels and Bone Turnover Markers with Bone Mineral Density in Men and Women: A Key Role for Bioavailable Estrogen1

  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem.83.7.4924

• A Unitary Model for Involutional Osteoporosis: Estrogen Deficiency Causes Both Type I and Type II Osteoporosis in Postmenopausal Women and Contributes to Bone Loss in Aging Men

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 1998 · https://doi.org/10.1359/jbmr.1998.13.5.763

• The worldwide problem of osteoporosis: Insights afforded by epidemiology

  Bone · 1995 · https://doi.org/10.1016/8756-3282(95)00258-4

• ASSESSMENT OF FRACTURE RISK AND ITS APPLICATION TO SCREENING FOR POSTMENOPAUSAL OSTEOPOROSIS

  Journal · 1994

• The diagnosis of osteoporosis

  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research · 1994 · https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.5650090802

• Population-Based Study of Survival after Osteoporotic Fractures

  American Journal of Epidemiology · 1993 · https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116756

• EPIDEMIOLOGY OF VERTEBRAL FRACTURES IN WOMEN

  American Journal of Epidemiology · 1989 · https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115204

• Involutional Osteoporosis

  New England Journal of Medicine · 1986 · https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198606263142605

• Changes in Bone Mineral Density of the Proximal Femur and Spine with Aging

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1982 · https://doi.org/10.1172/jci110667

• Differential changes in bone mineral density of the appendicular and axial skeleton with aging: relationship to spinal osteoporosis.

  Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1981 · https://doi.org/10.1172/jci110039

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