Effectiveness and safety of a high-dose weekly vitamin D (20,000 IU) protocol in older adults living in residential care

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1546-1550

  Feldman, Fabio ^a,b   Moore, Crystal ^b   Da Silva, Liz ^a   Gaspard, Gina ^a   Gustafson, Larry ^a   Singh, Sonia ^a,c   Barr, Susan I ^c   Kitts, David D ^c   Li, Wangyang ^c   Weiler, Hope A ^d   Green, Timothy J ^c  

^a FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

elderly; residential care; safety; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAFETY; VITAMIN D;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMINS;

EID: 84906081271     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12927     Document Type: Article

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