Calcium in human health /
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| Imprint: | Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2006. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 450 p.) : ill. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Nutrition and health Nutrition and health (Totowa, N.J.) |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8878801 |
Table of Contents:
- Series Editor Introduction
- Foreword
- Preface
- Contributors
- 1. Introduction
- I. Calcium Functions
- 2. Bone as the Calcium Nutrient Reserve
- 3. Cellular Functions and Fluxes of Calcium
- II. Techniques for Studying Calcium Metabolism and its Relationship to Disease
- 4. Nutritional Epidemiology: Dietary Assessment Methods
- 5. Clinical Approaches for Studying Calcium Metabolism and Its Relationship to Disease
- 6. Kinetic Studies
- III. Calcium Consumption, Requirements, and Bioavailability
- 7. Requirements for What Endpoint?
- 8. Dietary Calcium: Recommendations and Intakes Around the World
- 9. Food Sources, Supplements, and Bioavailability
- IV. Calcium Homeostasis
- 10. The Calcium Economy
- 11. Molecular Regulation of Calcium Metabolism
- 12. Influence of Total Diet on Calcium Homeostasis
- 13. Influence of Lifestyle Choices on Calcium Homeostasis: Smoking, Alcohol, and Hormone Therapies
- 14. Influence of Physical Activity on Calcium and Bone
- 15. The Case for a Calcium Appetite in Humans
- V. Calcium Through Development
- 16. Infancy and Childhood
- 17. Pre-Puberty and Adolescence
- 18. Calcium in Pregnancy and Lactation
- VI. Calcium and Disease
- 19. Calcium in Systemic Human Health
- 20. Calcium and Oral Health
- 21. Dietary Calcium and Obesity
- 22. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Reproduction
- 23. Premenstrual Syndrome
- 24. Calcium Throughout the Life Cycle: The Later Years
- 25. Calcium, Vitamin D, and Cancer
- 26. Dietary Calcium and the Metabolic Syndrome
- 27. Calcium and Phosphate Control in Patients With Renal Disease
- 28. Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease
- Appendices
- Index