Calcium use in the management of osteoporosis:Continuing questions and controversies

Current Osteoporosis Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 396-402

  Wilczynski, Cory ^a   Camacho, Pauline ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Calciumsupplement; Dietary vs supplement; Fracture; Nephrolithiasis; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCITONIN; CALCITRIOL; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; DENOSUMAB; PAMIDRONIC ACID; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN D; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

AGE; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; BONE TURNOVER; CALCIUM ABSORPTION; CALCIUM INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSTIPATION; CORTICOSTEROID INDUCED OSTEOPOROSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; FLATULENCE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCIURIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONVERTEBRAL FRACTURE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; BONE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRACTURES, BONE; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

BONE AND BONES; CALCIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84917686588     PISSN: 15441873     EISSN: 15442241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11914-014-0234-z     Document Type: Article

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