Authors' reply

BMJ

Volumn 342, Issue 7805, 2011, Pages

  Bischoff Ferrari, H A ^a,b   Willett, W C ^c   Orav, J E ^c   Kiel, D P ^d   Dawson Hughes, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MEGADOSE; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; LETTER; LOW DRUG DOSE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION;

EID: 79955662646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d2608     Document Type: Letter

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