Excess retinol intake may explain the high incidence of osteoporosis in northern Europe

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 192-196

  Whiting, Susan J ^a   Lemke, Bette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADULT; AGED; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NORWAY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

EID: 0032769494     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-4887.1999.tb06942.x     Document Type: Review

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