Is "vegetarianism" a serious risk factor for osteoporotic fracture?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 910-911

  Lanham New, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; DIET; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOOD INTAKE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTASSIUM INTAKE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; VEGETARIAN DIET; BAYES THEOREM; FRACTURE; NOTE;

BAYES THEOREM; BONE DENSITY; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349786821     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28542     Document Type: Editorial

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