Vitamin K and Bone Health

Journal of Clinical Densitometry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-413

  Hamidi, Maryam S ^a   Gajic Veljanoski, Olga ^a   Cheung, Angela M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Fractures; Menaquinones; Osteoporosis; Phylloquinone; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CALCIUM; FARNOQUINONE; MENADIONE; MENATETRENONE; PHYTOMENADIONE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN K GROUP; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BONE DENSITY; BONE METABOLISM; BONE MINERALIZATION; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DOSAGE FORM COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; OSTEOCLASTOGENESIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIMARY OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECONDARY OSTEOPOROSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DEFECT; SPINE FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VITAMIN K DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

BONE MINERAL DENSITY; FRACTURES; MENAQUINONES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYLLOQUINONE; VITAMIN K;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN K; VITAMINS;

EID: 84887024847     PISSN: 10946950     EISSN: 15590747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocd.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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