Polyunsaturated fatty acids and their relation with bone and muscle health in adults

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 203-212

  Mangano, Kelsey M ^a,b,c   Sahni, Shivani ^a,b,c   Kerstetter, Jane E ^d   Kenny, Anne M ^e   Hannan, Marian T ^a,b,c  

^a Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bone density; Muscle; Older adults; Omega 3; Polyunsaturated fatty acids

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLECALCIFEROL; GENISTEIN; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; PHOSPHOLIPID; PHYTOMENADIONE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE REMODELING; BONE TURNOVER; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FEMUR NECK; FISH; HIP FRACTURE; MEAT; MILK; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; BONE RESORPTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84885323333     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-013-0149-0     Document Type: Article

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