Vegetarian diets and bone status

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 100, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages

  Tucker, Katherine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CALCIUM; CYANOCOBALAMIN; MAGNESIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POTASSIUM; PROTEIN; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN K GROUP; ZINC; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BONE CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STATUS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONFERENCE PAPER; FAT INTAKE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYTONUTRIENT; POTASSIUM INTAKE; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); VEGAN; VEGETARIAN; VEGETARIAN DIET; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; BONE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

BONE AND BONES; BONE DENSITY; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

EID: 84903849432     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.113.071621     Document Type: Conference Paper

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