Calcium and heart attacks: Authors' reply

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7773, 2010, Pages 569-

  Bolland, Mark J ^a   Avenell, Alison ^b   Baron, John A ^c   Grey, Andrew ^a   Reid, Ian R ^a   MacLennan, Graeme S ^b   Gamble, Greg D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADCAL D3; CALCICHEW D3 FORTE; CALCIUM; CALFOVIT D3; CITRATE CALCIUM; PHOSPHATE BINDING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LETTER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 77956801241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4998     Document Type: Letter

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