Calcium in human health / edited by Connie M. Weaver and Robert P. Heaney ; foreword by Lawrence G. Raisz.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Weaver, Connie, 1950-
• Heaney, Robert P. (Robert Proulx), 1927-2016.

Series:

• Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.)
• Nutrition and health

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Calcium in the body.
• Calcium in human nutrition.
• Calcium--metabolism.
• Calcium--pharmacology.
• Nutritional Requirements.

Medical Subjects:

• Calcium--metabolism.
• Calcium--pharmacology.
• Nutritional Requirements.

Physical Description:

xviii, 450 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, [2006]

Contents:

• Bone as the calcium nutrient reserve / Robert P. Heaney
• Cellular functions and fluxes of calcium / Emmanuel M. Awumey and Richard D. Bukoski
• Nutritional epidemiology: dietary assessment methods / Carol J. Boushey
• Clinical approaches for studying calcium metabolism and its relationship to disease / Connie M. Weaver
• Kinetic studies / Meryl E. Wastney, Yongdong Zhao, and Connie M. Weaver
• Requirements for what endpoint? / Robert P. Heaney and Connie M. Weaver
• Dietary calcium: recommendations and intakes around the world / Anne C. Looker
• Food sources, supplements, and bioavailability / Connie M. Weaver and Robert P. Heaney
• The calcium economy / Robert P. Heaney
• Molecular regulation of calcium metabolism / James C. Fleet
• Influence of total diet on calcium homeostasis / Zamzam K. (Fariba) Roughead
• Influence of lifestyle choices on calcium homeostasis: smoking, alcohol, and hormone therapies / D. Lee Alekel and Oksana Matvienko
• Influence of physical activity on calcium and bone / Matthew Vukovich and Bonny Specker
• The case for a calcium appetite in humans / Michael G. Tordoff
• Infancy and childhood / Steven A. Abrams and Keli M. Hawthorne
• Pre-puberty and adolescence / Connie M. Weaver
• Calcium in pregnancy and lactation / Heidi J. Kalkwarf
• Calcium in systemic human health / Robert P. Heaney
• Calcium and oral health / Elizabeth A. Krall
• Dietary calcium and obesity / Dorothy Teegarden
• Polycystic ovarian syndrome and reproduction / Susan Thys-Jacobs
• Premenstrual syndrome / Susan Thys-Jacobs
• Calcium throughout the life cycle: the later years / Bess Dawson-Hughes
• Calcium, vitamin D, and cancer / Peter R. Holt
• Dietary calcium and the metabolic syndrome / Dorothy Teegarden
• Calcium and phosphate control in patients with renal disease / David A. McCarron and Robert P. Heaney
• Hypertension and cardiovascular disease / David A. McCarron.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1588294528

OCLC:

58451714