Bone status during adolescence, pregnancy and lactation

Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-439

  Ward, Kate A ^a   Adams, Judith E ^a   Mughal, M Zulf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone; Calcium; Lactation; Pregnancy; Teenage pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE MASS; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OSTEOLYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRABECULAR BONE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 22944475780     PISSN: 1040872X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.gco.0000175365.65835.ad     Document Type: Review

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