Calcium supplements and risk of myocardial infarction: A hypothesis formulated but not yet adequately tested

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1097-1098

  Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c,d   Barice, E Joan ^a,b,c,d  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

BLOOD PRESSURE; BONE DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STROKE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 81855161639     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.05.001     Document Type: Editorial

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