A review of select vitamins and minerals used by postmenopausal women

Maturitas

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 370-380

  Dennehy, Cathi ^a   Tsourounis, Candy ^a  

^a UCSF Medical Center and Associate Clinical UCSF School of Pharmacy   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary; Minerals; Postmenopausal; Supplement; Vitamins; Women

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM; CAROTENOID; CRYPTOXANTHIN; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FARNOQUINONE; FOLIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; PHYTOMENADIONE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TAMOXIFEN; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; XANTHOPHYLL; ZINC; CALCIUM INTAKE; MINERAL; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BREAST CANCER; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; THERAPEUTIC USE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MALABSORPTION SYNDROMES; MINERALS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; TRACE ELEMENTS; VITAMINS;

EID: 77955656205     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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