Does lactose intolerance predispose to low bone density? A population-based study of perimenopausal Finnish women

Bone

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-28

  Honkanen, R ^a   Pulkkinen, P ^b   Jarvinen R ^b   Kroger H ^c   Lindstedt, K ^b   Tuppurainen, M ^c   Uusitupa, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bone density; Calcium intake; Lactose intolerance; Lactose malabsorption; Menopause; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE ATROPHY; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINE;

EID: 0029838728     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/8756-3282(96)00107-X     Document Type: Article

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