Relevance of vitamin D deficiency in adult fracture and fall prevention

Vitamin D

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1145-1153

  Bischoff Ferrari, Heike ^a,b   Dawson Hughes, Bess ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381978-9.10062-9     Document Type: Chapter

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