In pregnancy there is an increased need for Ca This is to calcify the fetal bone and to increase the maternal skeletal mass to meet Ca needs during lactation. Pregnancy has been proposed to be associated with osteoporosis in some women of childbearing age
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Thesis (M.S.)--American University of Beirut. Department of Nutrition and Food Science, 2001;"Advisor: Dr. Wajih Sawaya, Professor, Nutrition and Food Science--Co-Advisor: Dr. Ghada Fuleihan El-Hajj, Associate Professor Internal Medicine, Endocrinology--M
