Bone: Vitamin D to prevent fracturesg - Current data create confusion

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 569-570

  Vestergaard, Peter ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENCY; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; NONVERTEBRAL FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 84866595421     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2012.144     Document Type: Article

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