Dietary protein and bone health: A systematic review and meta-analysis

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1674-1692

  Darling, Andrea L ^a   Millward, D Joe ^a   Torgerson, David J ^b   Hewitt, Catherine E ^b   Lanham New, Susan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC PROTEIN; DEOXYPYRIDINOLINE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MILK PROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; SOYBEAN PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FOREARM FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOYBEAN MILK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BONE DENSITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY PROTEINS; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RISK;

EID: 72749110045     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27799     Document Type: Review

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