Nutrition and bone: It is more than calcium and vitamin D

Women's Health

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 727-737

  Morgan, Sarah L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone health; Dietary patterns; Milk; Nutrition; Osteoporosis; Vitamin A; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINO TERMINAL TELOPEPTIDE; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; CITRATE POTASSIUM; CREATININE; CYCLIC AMP; FARNOQUINONE; MENATETRENONE; OSTEOCALCIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; PLACEBO; RETINOL; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; BONE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERALIZATION; BONE REMODELING; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MEGADOSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; FRUIT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; LOW FAT DIET; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RETINOL INTOXICATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FOOD; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MILK; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 70549090944     PISSN: 17455057     EISSN: 17455065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/whe.09.64     Document Type: Review

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