Greater fruit and vegetable intake is associated with increased bone mass among postmenopausal Chinese women

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 745-751

  Chen, Yu Ming ^a,b   Ho, Suzanne C ^a   Woo, Jean L F ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Chinese; Fruits; Postmenopausal women; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIODENSITOMETRY;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 33947496064     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20061883     Document Type: Article

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