Calcium and bone health in children: A review

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 4, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 259-273

  Stallings, Virginia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Calcium supplementation; Children; Dietary calcium intake; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Osteoporosis; Recommended dietary allowances

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM ACETATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM GLUBIONATE; CALCIUM LACTATE; CITRATE CALCIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCONATE CALCIUM;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CHILD; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030761503     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00045391-199707000-00007     Document Type: Review

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