Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone density in men and women 65 years of age or older

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 337, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 670-676

  Dawson Hughes, Bess ^a   Harris, Susan S ^a   Krall, Elizabeth A ^a   Dallal, Gerard E ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN D METABOLISM;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; CITRIC ACID; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE I; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALATES; MALE; OSTEOCALCIN; PEPTIDES; RISK; SPINE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 0030763532     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199709043371003     Document Type: Article

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