A randomised, controlled comparison of different calcium and vitamin D supplementation regimens in elderly women after hip fracture: The Nottingham Neck of Femur (NoNOF) study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 45-51

  Harwood, Rowan H ^a   Sahota, Opinder ^a   Gaynor, Kay ^a   Masud, Tahir ^b   Hosking, David J ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Elderly; Hip fracture; Osteoporosis; Parathyroid hormone; Randomised controlled trial; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYERGOCALCIFEROL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; VITAMIN D;

EID: 1642555543     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh002     Document Type: Article

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