Bone mineral contents and plasma osteocalcin concentrations of Gambian children 12 and 24 mo after the withdrawal of a calcium supplement

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 681-686

  Dibba, Bakary ^a   Prentice, Ann ^b   Ceesay, Mustapha ^a   Mendy, Michael ^a   Darboe, Sainabou ^a   Stirling, Dorothy M ^b   Cole, Tim J ^b   Poskitt, Elizabeth M E ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral accretion; Calcium; Children; Gambia; Osteocalcin; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCICHEW; CALCIUM; OSTEOCALCIN; PLACEBO;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0036721359     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/76.3.681     Document Type: Article

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