Dietary acid load is not associated with lower bone mineral density except in older men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 588-594

  McLean, Robert R ^a,b   Qiao, Ning ^c   Broe, Kerry E ^a   Tucker, Katherine L ^d   Casey, Virginia ^a   Cupples, L Adrienne ^e   Kiel, Douglas P ^a,b   Hannan, Marian T ^a,b  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NET ENDOGENOUS ACID PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT LOADING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; POTENTIAL RENAL ACID LOAD; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACIDS; ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955494857     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.135806     Document Type: Article

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