Calcium absorption and kinetics are similar in 7- and 8-year-old Mexican-American and Caucasian girls despite hormonal differences

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 666-671

  Abrams, Steven A ^a   Copeland, Kenneth C ^b   Gunn, Sheila K ^b   Stuff, Janice E ^a   Clarke, Lucinda L ^a   Ellis, Kenneth J ^a  

^a CHILDREN S NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineralization; Calcium metabolism; Human nutrition; Puberty; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0032980570     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.3.666     Document Type: Article

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