Aluminum, Alzheimer's disease and bone fragility

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 511-514

  Mjöberg, Bengt ^a   Hellquist, Einar ^a   Mallmin, Hans ^a   Lindh, Ulf ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

ACIDIFICATION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE STRENGTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; FRACTURE; HEREDITY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROTOXICITY; RISK; SENILE DEMENTIA; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 0031449679     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679708999016     Document Type: Article

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