Calcium, vitamin D and involutional osteoporosis

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-17

  Francis, Roger M ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fractures; Older people; Vitamin D; Vitamin D deficiency

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COD LIVER OIL; COLECALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D;

BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; INVOLUTIONAL OSTEOPOROSIS; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOLYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS;

AGED; CALCIUM, DIETARY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33646231524     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000196140.95916.3a     Document Type: Review

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