Effect of four monthly oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) supplementation on fractures and mortality in men and women living in the community: Randomised double blind controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7387, 2003, Pages 469-472

  Trivedi, Daksha P ^a   Doll, Richard ^b   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLECALCIFEROL; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOREARM FRACTURE; FRACTURE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WRIST FRACTURE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALCIFEDIOL; CHOLECALCIFEROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0037374270     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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