Vitamin D and calcium supplementation among aged residents in nursing homes

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 433-437

  Suominen, M H ^a   Hosia Randell, H M V ^b   Muurinen, S ^c   Peiponen, A ^c   Routasalo, P ^e   Soini, H ^c   Suur Uski, I ^c   Pitkala, Kaisu H ^a,d  

^a Vanhustyon keskusliitto   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c City of Helsinki   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged residents; Calcium; Dietary supplements; Nursing homes; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSTIPATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAL; NURSING; NURSING HOME; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; AGING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FINLAND; FRACTURE; HOME FOR THE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRACTURES, BONE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 38349170964     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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