Measuring calcium absorption and utilization in humans

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 568-574

  Weaver, Connie M ^a   Rothwell, Arlene P ^a   Wood, Karl V ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calcium absorption; Calcium metabolism; Stable calcium isotopes

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CALCIUM 45; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; FRUCTAN; INULIN; ISOFLAVONE; MILK PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; STRONTIUM; TRACER;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BEVERAGE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM METABOLISM; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST ATOM BOMBARDMENT MASS SPECTROMETRY; FOOD; HUMAN; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED ARGON PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION;

ARGON; BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM ISOTOPES; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUTRITIVE VALUE;

EID: 33747513567     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000241666.46008.2c     Document Type: Review

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