How effective is nutritional supplementation for the prevention of stress fractures in female military recruits?

Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 486-487

  Bouillon, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calcium; Military recruit; Physical training; Stress fracture; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; TECHNETIUM;

ADULT; AMENORRHEA; BONE MASS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FITNESS; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NAVY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOLDIER; STRESS FRACTURE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRAINING; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 50049135345     PISSN: 17458366     EISSN: 17458374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpendmet0897     Document Type: Note

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