Calcium supplements: Do they help or harm?

Menopause

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 106-108

  Manson, Joann E ^a   Bassuk, Shari S ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; VITAMIN D;

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SUPPLEMENTATION; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALCIUM; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN D; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891824775     PISSN: 10723714     EISSN: 15300374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31829be090     Document Type: Article

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