Lactose intolerance associated with fractures of weight-bearing bones in Finnish women aged 38-57 years

Bone

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 473-477

  Honkanen, R ^a,b   Kroger H ^c   Alhava, E ^c   Turpeinen, P ^b   Tuppurainen, M ^c   Saarikoski, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fracture; Lactose intolerance; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; BONE STRENGTH; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINLAND; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METATARSAL BONE; PREMENOPAUSE; RIB FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; FEMALE; FEMUR; FINLAND; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; METATARSUS; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0344333452     PISSN: 87563282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S8756-3282(97)00172-5     Document Type: Article

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