1. Risk for osteoporosis in black women

   • J. F. Aloia
   • A. Vaswani
   • E. Flaster

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 415 - 423

2. Plasma osteocalcin in healthy Nigerian children and in children with calcium-deficiency rickets

   • L. M. Oginni
   • M. Worsfold
   • M. W. J. Davie

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 424 - 427

3. Weight, body composition, and bone density in postmenopausal women

   • S. S. Harris
   • B. Dawson-Hughes

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 428 - 432

4. Increased risk of tooth loss is related to bone loss at the whole body, hip, and spine

   • E. A. Krall
   • R. I. Garcia
   • B. Dawson-Hughes

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 433 - 437

5. Total and regional bone mass in female soccer players

   • H. Alfredson
   • P. Nordström
   • R. Lorentzon

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 438 - 442

6. Site-specific bone mass differences of the lower extremities in 17-year-old ice hockey players

   • P. Nordström
   • R. Lorentzon

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 443 - 448

7. Calcium kinetics in glycogen storage disease type 1a

   • R. E. Goans
   • G. H. Weiss
   • A. L. Yergey

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 449 - 453

8. Sexual differences in bone markers and bone mineral density of normal Chinese

   • K. S. Tsai
   • W. H. Pan
   • S. T. Twu

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 454 - 460

9. Comparison between menopause-related changes in bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and the proximal femur in Japanese female athletes: A long-term longitudinal study using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

   • S. Goto
   • H. Shigeta
   • M. Yamagata

   Clinical Investigations Pages: 461 - 465

10. Vitamin K₂ promotes 1α,25(OH)₂ vitamin D₃-induced mineralization in human periosteal osteoblasts

    • Y. Koshihara
    • K. Hoshi
    • M. Shiraki

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 466 - 473

11. Visualization of crystal-matrix structure. In situ demineralization of mineralized turkey leg tendon and bone

    • K. S. Prostak
    • S. Lees

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 474 - 479

12. FTIR microspectroscopic analysis of human osteonal bone

    • E. P. Paschalis
    • E. DiCarlo
    • A. L. Boskey

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 480 - 487

13. Lack of In vitro evidence for storage of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25(OH)₂D₃) and 1,25(OH)₂D₃ binding protein in skeletal matrix

    • S. Boonen
    • J. Aerssens
    • R. Bouillon

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 488 - 491

14. Insulin increases histomorphometric indices of bone formation In vivo

    • J. Cornish
    • K. E. Callon
    • I. R. Reid

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 492 - 495

15. Ipriflavone does not alter bone apatite crystal structure in adult male rats

    • C. Ghezzo
    • R. Civitelli
    • S. Bongrani

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 496 - 499

16. Continuous mechanical loading alters properties of mechanosensitive channels in G292 osteoblastic cells

    • R. M. Davidson
    • P. A. Lingenbrink
    • L. A. Norton

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 500 - 504

17. Mitogenic action of hydrochlorothiazide on human osteoblasts In vitro: Requirement for platelet-derived growth factor

    • K. -H. W. Lau
    • X. D. Song
    • J. E. Wergedal

    Laboratory Investigations Pages: 505 - 510

18. Announcements

    Announcement Pages: 518 - 518