No dose-dependent increase in fracture risk after long-term exposure to high doses of retinol or beta-carotene

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1285-1293

  Ambrosini, G L ^a   Bremner, A P ^a   Reid, A ^b   Mackerras, D ^c   Alfonso, H ^d   Olsen, N J ^a,e   Musk, A W ^a,e   De Klerk, N H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carotenes; Experimental study; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Retinol; Supplementation; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CROCIDOLITE; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADULT; AGED; BETA CAROTENE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VITAMIN A; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84876489982     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-012-2131-6     Document Type: Article

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