Vitamin C, vitamin B12, folate and the risk of osteoporotic fractures. A case-control study

International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 359-368

  Martínez Ramírez, María José ^a   Pérez, Silvia Palma ^a   Delgado Martínez, Alberto D ^a   Martínez González, Miguel Ángel ^b   De La Fuente Arrillaga, Carmen ^b   Delgado Rodríguez, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID;

AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SPAIN; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE; WRIST FRACTURE;

AGED; AGING; ASCORBIC ACID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; DIET RECORDS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FRACTURES, BONE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOPOROSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 46849105236     PISSN: 03009831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0300-9831.77.6.359     Document Type: Article

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