Calcium supplementation does not increase mortality

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 188, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 547-

  Tang, Benjamin M P ^a   Nordin, B E Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CITRATE CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; PLACEBO; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CALCIFICATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERPHOSPHATEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; MORTALITY; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PUBLICATION; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 45949094610     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2008.tb01778.x     Document Type: Letter

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