Bone mass, nutrition, and other lifestyle factors.
Since the proceedings of the last Consensus Conference on Osteoporosis were published as a supplement to The American Journal of Medicine in November 1991, there has been a plethora of well-documented studies reported in the literature. This article will address some of the issues concerning the relation between bone mass and nutrition raised in those studies.
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Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska 68178.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015519:Bone Density; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008875:Middle Aged; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000008:administration & dosage
D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D014812:Vitamin K; D014807:Vitamin D