High-dose vitamin D supplementation: Too much of a good thing?

JAMA

Volumn 303, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1861-1862

  Bess, Dawson Hughes ^a   Harris, Susan S ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; COLECALCIFEROL;

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; NOTE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952300300     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2010.598     Document Type: Editorial

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