Calcium and vitamin D supplements reduce tooth loss in the elderly

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 452-456

  Krall, Elizabeth A ^c   Wehler, Carolyn ^a   Garcia, Raul I ^c   Harris, Susan S ^b   Dawson Hughes, Bess ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH HYGIENE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CHOLECALCIFEROL; CITRIC ACID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALATES; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL HYGIENE; OSTEOPOROSIS; TOOTH; TOOTH LOSS;

EID: 0035886269     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(01)00899-3     Document Type: Article

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