A 4-year follow-up study of the effects of calcium supplementation on bone density in elderly postmenopausal women

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 23-28

  Devine, A ^a   Dick, I M ^a   Heal, S J ^a   Criddle, R A ^a   Prince, R L ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bone density; Bone loss; Calcium; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; ANKLE JOINT; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 0031053975     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01623455     Document Type: Article

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