Bone Mineral:
Articles on research, clinical trials, analysis, reviews and empirical studies

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Boron

Newnham RE. Essentiality of boron for healthy bones and joints.
Environ Health Perspect. 1994 Nov;102 Suppl 7:83-5.
 

Volpe SL, Taper LJ, Meacham S. The relationship between boron and magnesium status and bone mineral density in the human: a review.
Magnes Res. 1993 Sep;6(3):291-6.

Calcium

Shea B, Wells G, Cranney A, Zytaruk N, Robinson V, Griffith L, Hamel C, Ortiz Z, Peterson J, Adachi J, Tugwell P, Guyatt G; Osteoporosis Methodology Group; Osteoporosis Research Advisory Group. Calcium supplementation on bone loss in postmenopausal women.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004;(1):CD004526.

O'Brien KO. Combined calcium and vitamin D supplementation reduces bone loss and fracture incidence in older men and women.
Nutr Rev. 1998 May;56(5 Pt 1):148-50.

Copper

Dollwet HH, Sorenson JR. Roles of copper in bone maintenance and healing.
Biol Trace Elem Res. 1988 Dec;18:39-48.

Strain JJ. A reassessment of diet and osteoporosis--possible role for copper.
Med Hypotheses. 1988 Dec;27(4):333-8.

Magnesium

Sojka JE, Weaver CM. Magnesium supplementation and osteoporosis.
Nutr Rev. 1995 Mar;53(3):71-4.

Dimai HP, Porta S, Wirnsberger G, Lindschinger M, Pamperl I, Dobnig H, Wilders-Truschnig M, Lau KH. Daily oral magnesium supplementation suppresses bone turnover in young adult males.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1998 Aug;83(8):2742-8.

Manganese

Liu AC, Heinrichs BS, Leach RM Jr. Influence of manganese deficiency on the characteristics of proteoglycans of avian epiphyseal growth plate cartilage.
Poult Sci. 1994 May;73(5):663-9.

Silica

Hott M, de Pollak C, Modrowski D, Marie PJ. Short-term effects of organic silicon on trabecular bone in mature ovariectomized rats.
Calcif Tissue Int. 1993 Sep;53(3):174-9.

Jugdaohsingh R, Tucker KL, Qiao N, Cupples LA, Kiel DP, Powell JJ. Dietary silicon intake is positively associated with bone mineral density in men and premenopausal women of the Framingham Offspring cohort.
J Bone Miner Res. 2004 Feb;19(2):297-307.
 

Sulfur

Parcell S. Sulfur in human nutrition and applications in medicine.
Altern Med Rev. 2002 Feb;7(1):22-44.

Rizzo R, Grandolfo M, Godeas C, Jones KW, Vittur F. Calcium, sulfur, and zinc distribution in normal and arthritic articular equine cartilage: a synchrotron radiation-induced X-ray emission (SRIXE) study.
J Exp Zool. 1995 Sep 1;273(1):82-6.

Zinc

Zhang YH, Cheng YY, Hong Y, Wang DL, Li ST. [Effects of zinc deficiency on bone mineralization and its mechanism in rats]
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2003 Mar;37(2):121-4.

Hyun TH, Barrett-Connor E, Milne DB. Zinc intakes and plasma concentrations in men with osteoporosis: the Rancho Bernardo Study.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Sep;80(3):715-21.