Vitamin d supplement intake in elderly fallers

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 176-177

  Kiehn, Kathryn A ^a   Mahoney, Jane ^b   Jones, Andrea N ^b   Hansen, Karen E ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; FALL RISK; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC CARE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; VITAMIN INTAKE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 58149265312     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02065.x     Document Type: Letter

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