Calcium supplements: Benefits and risks

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 278, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 354-368

  Reid, I R ^a,b   Bristow, S M ^a   Bolland, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bone density; Calcium balance; Calcium intake; Fracture; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

BONE DENSITY; CALCIUM BALANCE; CALCIUM INTAKE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FRACTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OSTEOLYSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ADULT; CALCULI; DRUG EFFECTS; FRACTURES, BONE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; BONE DENSITY; CALCITONIN; CALCIUM; CALCULI; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FRACTURES, BONE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84940996269     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joim.12394     Document Type: Review

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