Calcium supplements: Bad for the heart?

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 895-896

  Reid, Ian R ^a   Bolland, Mark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D;

CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; EDITORIAL; FRACTURE; HEART; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MONOTHERAPY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SUN; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84861499541     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301904     Document Type: Editorial

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