Nutritional influences on bone mass
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Nutritional influences on bone mass.
Bone is composed of an organic matrix of type I collagen associated with non-collagenous proteins and a large mineral component consisting of calcium hydroxyapatite. To date, measurement of bone mass only takes into account the mineral component of bone, while recognizing that the organic matrix is important in providing both structure and strength. The present paper will concentrate on the inf...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1079/pns19970103