Falls and supplementation of vitamin D and calcium [15]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1020-1021

  Gau, Jen Tzer ^a   Barcikowski, Robert S ^b   Clay, Steven ^b   Carlsen, Wayne ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

AMBULATORY CARE; ANAMNESIS; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; LETTER; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D;

EID: 33744947806     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00762.x     Document Type: Letter

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