Calcium and heart attacks: Making too much of a weak case

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7773, 2010, Pages 569-

  Nordin, B E Christopher ^a,b   Daly, Robin M ^c   Horowitz, John ^d   Metcalfe, Andrew V ^e  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM; VITAMIN D; BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENT; VITAMIN;

ANGINA PECTORIS; BONE DENSITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LETTER; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; CALCIUM INTAKE; NOTE;

BONE DENSITY CONSERVATION AGENTS; CALCIUM, DIETARY; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VITAMIN D; VITAMINS;

EID: 77956836740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c4997     Document Type: Letter

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