Calcium and vitamin D supplementation for the prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women

Aging Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-243

  Lee, Philip E ^a   McElhaney, Janet E ^a   Dian, Larry ^a  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Postmenopausal; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; PLACEBO; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATOR; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HIP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646539109     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.2.2.241     Document Type: Article

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