Calcium economy in human pregnancy and lactation

Nutrition Research Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 40-67

  Olausson, Hanna ^a,c   Goldberg, Gail R ^a,b   Ann Laskey, M ^a   Schoenmakers, Inez ^a   Jarjou, Landing M A ^b   Prentice, Ann ^a,b  

^a MRC HUMAN NUTRITION RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Lactation; Metabolism; Pregnancy; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEOPROTEGERIN; VITAMIN D;

BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERAL; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FETUS GROWTH; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LACTATION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENSTRUATION; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; OVULATION; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIET; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84863688223     PISSN: 09544224     EISSN: 14752700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954422411000187     Document Type: Review

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