Nutritional associations with bone loss during the menopausal transition: Evidence of a beneficial effect of calcium, alcohol, and fruit and vegetable nutrients and of a detrimental effect of fatty acids

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 155-165

  Macdonald, Helen M ^a,d   New, Susan A ^c   Golden, Michael H N ^a   Campbell, Marion K ^b   Reid, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d Woolmanhill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Bone loss; Bone mineral density; Calcium; Fatty acids; Fruit and vegetables; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; OSTEOLYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; VEGETABLE;

EID: 3142772989     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/79.1.155     Document Type: Article

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