Space flight calcium: Implications for astronaut health, spacecraft operations, and Earth

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2047-2068

  Smith, Scott M ^a   McCoy, Torin ^a   Gazda, Daniel ^b   Morgan, Jennifer L L ^c   Heer, Martina ^d,e   Zwart, Sara R ^f  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^d Profil Institut fur Stoffwechselforschung GmbH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Bone; Calcium; Collagen crosslinks; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Space flight

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CALCIUM 42; CALCIUM 43; CALCIUM 44; CALCIUM 46; CALCIUM 48; CITRATE POTASSIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFURIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ASTRONOMY; BED REST; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM EXCRETION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; COSMONAUT; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MINERAL BALANCE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUTRITIONAL COUNTERMEASURE; OSTEOLYSIS; PHARMACOLOGICAL COUNTERMEASURE; PHYSICAL COUNTERMEASURE; REVIEW; SPACE FLIGHT; URINE VOLUME; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84873199749     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4122047     Document Type: Review

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