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Cussler, C., Going, S., Houtkooper, L., Flint-Wagner, H., Metcalfe, L.,
Stanford, V., Eun Choi, J., and Lohman, T.  Exercise attendance and weight
lifted predict four-year bone changes in postmenopausal women. Osteo
International, 16(12), 2129-2141, 2005.

Cussler, E.C., Lohman, T.G., Going, S.G., Houtkooper, L.B., Metcalfe, L.L.,
Flint-Wagner, H.G., Harris, R.B., and Teixeira, P.J.  Weight lifted in
strength training predicts bone change in postmenopausal women. MSSE, 35(1),
10-17, 2003.

Figueroa A, Going SB, Milliken LA, Blew R, Sharp S, Teixeira PJ, Lohman TG.
Effects of Exercise Training and Hormone Replacement Therapy on Lean and Fat
Mass in Postmenopausal Women. J Gerontol: Med Sci; 58A(3):M266-M270, 2003.

Figueroa, A., Going, S.B., Milliken, L.A., Teixeira, P.J., Blew, R.M.,
Sharp, S., and Lohman, T.G.  Body composition, steroid hormones, growth
hormone and insulin-like growth factor-I in postmenopausal women with and
without hormone replacement therapy.  Gynecol Obstet Invest, 54(4):201-206,
2002.

Going, SB, Lohman, TL, Houtkooper, LB, Metcalfe, L, Flint-Wagner, H, Blew R,
Stanford, V, Cussler, E, and Weber, J.  Effects of exercise on bone mineral
density in calcium-supplemented postmenopausal women with and without
hormone replacement therapy.  Osteo International, 8(14), 637-644, 2003.

Harris, M.M., Houtkooper, L.B., Stanford, V.A., Parkhill, C., Weber, J.L.,
Flint-Wagner, H., Weiss, L., Going, S.B., and Lohman, T.G.  Dietary Iron is
associated with bone mineral density in healthy postmenopausal women. J Nutr
133: 3598-3602, 2003.

Houtkooper, L.B., Stanford, V.A., Metcalfe, L.L., Lohman, T.G., and Going,
S.B. Preventing osteoporosis the Bone Estrogen Strength Training way. ACSM's
Health & Fitness Journal, V11(1), 21-27,2007.

Lohman T., Going S., Houtkooper L., Metcalfe L, Antoniotti-Guido T.,
Stanford V. The BEST Exercise Program for Osteoporosis Prevention. Tucson,
Arizona: Desert Southwest Fitness, Inc. 2003.

Lohman T., Going S., Houtkooper L., Metcalfe L, Antoniotti-Guido T.,
Stanford V. The BEST Exercise Program for Osteoporosis Prevention, Chapter 2
Osteoporosis Screening (Scott Going, Vanessa A. Stanford, Timothy Lohman) &
3 Chapter 3 Exercise & Osteoporosis Prevention (Scott Going, Vanessa A.
Stanford, Terri Antoniotti-Guido, Timothy Lohman), Tucson, Arizona: Desert
Southwest Fitness, Inc. 2003.

Lohman, T.G., and Milliken, L. Exercise and Osteoporosis Prevention,
Menopause Management, 20-28, May/June 2004.

Maurer, J., Harris, M.M., Stanford, V.A., Lohman, T.G., Cussler, E., Going,
S.B., and Houtkooper, L.B. Dietary iron positively influences bone mineral
density in postmenopausal women on hormone replacement therapy. J Nutr,
2005; 135:(4):863-869, 2005.

Metcalfe, L., Lohman, T., Going, S., Houtkooper, L., Ferriera, D.,
Flint-Wagner, H., Guido, T., Martin, J., Wright, J. and Cussler, E.
Postmenopausal women and exercise for the prevention of Osteoporosis: The
Bone, Estrogen, and Strength Training (BEST) Study
.  ACSM's Health & Fitness
Journal. Vol 5(3), 6-14, 2001.

Milliken LA, Wilhelmy J, Martin CJ, Finkenthal N, Cussler E, Metcalfe L, et
al. Depressive symptoms and changes in body weight exert independent and
site-specific effects on bone in postmenopausal women exercising for 1 year.

J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61(5):488-94, 2006.

Milliken, L.A., Cussler, E., Zeller, R.A., Choi, JE., Metcalfe, L., Going,
S.B., and Lohman, T.G.  Changes in soft tissue composition are the primary
predictors of four-year bone mineral density in postmenopausal women.

Osteoporosis International, DOI 10.1007/s00198-008-0664-5, Jul 8, 2008.

Milliken, L.A., Going, S.B., Houtkooper, L.B., Flint-Wagner, H.G., Figueroa,
A., Metcalfe, L., Blew, R.M., Sharp, S.C., and Lohman, T.G. Effects Of
Exercise Training On Bone Remodeling, Insulin-Like Growth Factors And Bone
Mineral Density In Post-Menopausal Women With And Without Hormone
Replacement Therapy.
 Calcif Tissue Int, 72(4): p. 478-84, 2003.

Teixeira, P.J., Going, S.B., Houtkooper, Metcalfe, L.L., Blew, R.M.,
Cussler, E.C., Sardinha, L.B., and Lohman, T.G.  Resistance training in
postmenopausal women with and without hormone replacement therapy
, MSSE
35(4), 555-562, 2003.