Renal net acid excretion capacity is comparable in prepubescence, adolescence, and young adulthood but falls with aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1442-1448

  Berkemeyer, Shoma ^a   Vormann, Jürgen ^b   Günther, Anke L B ^a   Rylander, Ragnar ^c   Frassetto, Lynda A ^d   Remer, Thomas ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHILD NUTRITION   (Germany)

^b Institute for Prevention and Nutrition   (Germany)

^c BioFact Environmental Health Research Center   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid base; Healthy subjects; Net acid excretion capacity; Protein; Renal function

Indexed keywords

ACID; AMMONIA; BICARBONATE; CREATININE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; FALL RISK; FEMALE; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NITROGEN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN INTAKE; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE PH;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SWEDEN;

EID: 51249118095     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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