Chocolate consumption and bone density in older women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 175-180

  Hodgson, Jonathan M ^a,b   Devine, Amanda ^a,c,d   Burke, Valerie ^a   Dick, Ian M ^a,c   Prince, Richard L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Chocolate; Cross sectional study; Flavonoids; Fracture risk; Older women; Oxalate

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE STRENGTH; CACAO; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOOD INTAKE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEEL; HIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIBIA;

EID: 38149054929     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/87.1.175     Document Type: Article

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