Is Supplementation of Vitamin D Beneficial for Fracture Healing? A Short Review of the Literature

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 90-93

  Eschle, Daniel ^a   Aeschlimann, André G ^a  

^a RehaClinic Zurzach ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

fracture healing; osteoporosis; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993724998     PISSN: 21514585     EISSN: 21514593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2151458511408568     Document Type: Review

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