Insights into the programming of bone development from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Steer, Colin D ^a   Tobias, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); FOLIC ACID; VITAMIN D; 25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; BONE MINERAL; CHILD NUTRITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PERIOSTEUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPINE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; VITAMIN INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH PROGRAM; REVIEW;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SPINE;

EID: 82355163468     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.110.001495     Document Type: Conference Paper

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