<p>Chapter 1: Determinants of peak bone mass acquisition</p><p>Rene Rizzoli and Jean-Philippe Bonjour</p><p>Chapter 2: Bone mineral assessment of the axial skeleton: technical aspects</p><p>Thomas F. Lang</p><p>Chapter 3: New imaging techniques for bone</p><p>Suchandrima Banerjee, Roland Krug, Sven Prevrhal, and Sharmila Majumdar</p><p>Chapter 4: The clinical role of bone density scans in the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis</p><p>Glen M. Blake</p><p>Chapter 5: Biochemical markers of bone turnover – basic biochemistry and variability</p><p>Markus J. Seibel and Christian Meier</p><p>Chapter 6: Biochemical markers of bone turnover – clinical aspects</p><p>Christian Meier, Markus J. Seibel, Marius E. Kraenzlin</p><p>Chapter 7: Biomechanics of bone</p><p>Jacqueline H. Cole and Marjolein van der Meulen</p><p>Chapter 8: Mechanical influences on bone mass and morphology</p><p>Stefan Judex and Clinton Rubin</p><p>Chapter 9: Exercise in the prevention of osteoporosis-related fractures</p><p>Belinda R. Beck and Kerri M. Winters-Stone</p><p>Chapter 10: The physiology of and cell biology of calcium transport in relation to the development of osteoporosis</p><p>Richard L. Prince</p><p>Chapter 11: Calcium, bone, and life</p><p>Robert P. Heaney</p><p>Chapter 12: Basic aspects of Vitamin D nutrition</p><p>Reinhold Veith and Gloria Sidhom</p><p>Chapter 13: Clinical aspects of the use of vitamin D and its metabolites in osteoporosis</p><p>Ian R. Reid</p><p>Chapter 14: The basic biology of estrogen and bone</p><p>Maria Schuller Almeida</p><p>Chapter 15: Estrogens and Estrogen Agonists/Antagonists</p><p>Robert Lindsay</p><p>Chapter 16: Androgen action in bone: basic cellular and molecular aspects</p><p>Kristen M. Wiren</p><p><p>Chapter 17: Androgens actions on bone – clinical aspects</p><p>Stefan Goemaere, Guy T’Sjoen, and Jean-Marc Kaufman</p><p>Chapter 18: Salmon calcitonin: an update on its clinical utility in osteoporosis</p><p>Charles H. Chesnut III and Moise Azria</p><p>Chapter 19: Bisphosphonate mechanisms of action</p><p>Alfred A. Rezka</p><p>Chapter 20: Bisphosphonates - treatment of osteoporosis</p><p>Ann Cranney</p><p>Chapter 21: Basic aspects of parathyroid hormone in skeletal health</p><p>Janet M. Hock</p><p>Chapter 22: Clinical use of parathyroid hormone in osteoporosis</p><p>John P. Bilezikian</p><p>Chapter 23: Screening for osteoporosis</p><p>Margaret L. Gourlay</p><p>Chapter 24: Osteoporosis in men</p><p>Robert A. Adler</p><p>Chapter 25: Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis</p><p>Michael Maricic</p><p>Chapter 26: Transplantation osteoporosis</p><p>Emily Stein and Elizabeth Shane</p><p>Chapter 27: Treatment compliance and adherence</p><p>Melissa I. Williams and Valentina I. Petkov</p>