Effects of ergocalciferol added to calcium on the risk of falls in elderly high-risk women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-108

  Prince, Richard L ^a,b   Austin, Nicole ^a   Devine, Amanda ^a,c   Dick, Ian M ^a,b   Bruce, David ^a   Zhu, Kun ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CALCIUM; CITRATE CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PLACEBO;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FALL RISK; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEASON; SPRING; STROKE; SUMMER; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM CITRATE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERGOCALCIFEROLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 38349019697     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2007.31     Document Type: Article

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