Building bones in babies: Can and should we exceed the human milk-fed infant's rate of bone calcium accretion?

Nutrition Reviews

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 487-494

  Abrams, Steven A ^a,b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone mineral content; Calcium absorption; Human milk; Minerals

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; BREAST MILK; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BONE LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OSTEOCHONDROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RICKETS;

BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM, DIETARY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MILK, HUMAN;

EID: 33751320114     PISSN: 00296643     EISSN: 00296643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1301/nr.2006.nov.487-494     Document Type: Article

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