Postmenopausal bone mineral density: Relationship to calcium intake, calcium absorption, residual estrogen, body composition, and physical activity

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 911-917

  Hoover, P A ^a   Webber, C E ^a   Beaumont, L F ^a   Blake, J M ^b  

^a HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Calcium absorption; Estradiol; Physical activity; Postmenopausal bone mineral density

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030447899     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y96-093     Document Type: Article

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