Acid-base homeostasis: Latent acidosis as a cause of chronic diseases

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur GanzheitsMedizin

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 255-266

  Vormann, Jürgen ^a   Goedecke, Thomas ^a  

^a Institut für Prevention und Ernährung   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acid base homeostasis; Evolution; Latent acidosis; Nutrition; Osteoporosis; Rheumatoid disorders

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BUFFER; CALCIUM; CITRATE POTASSIUM; CITRIC ACID; MINERAL; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POTASSIUM BICARBONATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROTON; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ACID BASE BALANCE; ACIDOSIS; ACIDURIA; BLOOD PH; BONE CELL; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CELL FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUBULE; LONG TERM CARE; MEDLINE; MINERAL INTAKE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY EXCRETION;

EID: 33750631267     PISSN: 10150684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282055     Document Type: Review

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