Nail calcium and magnesium content in relation to age and bone mineral density

Journal of Bone and Mineral Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 318-322

  Ohgitani, Shigeki ^a   Fujita, Takuo ^b,c   Fujii, Yoshio ^c   Hayashi, Chiyo ^d   Nishio, Hisahide ^d  

^a Imai Hospital   (Japan)

^b Katsuragi Hospital   (Japan)

^c Calcium Research Institute   (Japan)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calcium (Ca); Lumbar bone mineral density (LBMD); Magnesium (Mg); Nail; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; NITRIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; FEMALE; FINGER NAIL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAILS; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 21044438783     PISSN: 09148779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00774-005-0606-7     Document Type: Article

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