Low urine pH and acid excretion do not predict bone fractures or the loss of bone mineral density: A prospective cohort study

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fenton, Tanis R ^a,b   Eliasziw, Misha ^a,b   Tough, Suzanne C ^a,b   Lyon, Andrew W ^a,b   Brown, Jacques P ^c   Hanley, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDURIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOLYSIS; PELVIC GIRDLE; URINE PH; ACID BASE BALANCE; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; URINE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ACID; BICARBONATE; CALCIUM;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ACIDS; ADULT; AGED; BICARBONATES; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77951967108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-11-88     Document Type: Article

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