Vitamin K status in the elderly

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-23

  Booth, Sarah L ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Dietary intake; Elderly; Nutritional assessment; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

4 CARBOXYGLUTAMIC ACID; ESTROGEN; MENAQUINONE; MENATETRENONE; OSTEOCALCIN; PHYTOMENADIONE; VITAMIN K GROUP;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCIFICATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSTEOLYSIS; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VITAMIN METABOLISM;

AGING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN K; VITAMINS;

EID: 33845386071     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328011ab5f     Document Type: Review

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