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Addressing the musculoskeletal components of fracture risk with calcium and vitamin D: a review of the evidence.
- Abstract:
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Osteoporotic fractures are an extremely common and serious health problem in the elderly. This article presents the rationale for calcium and vitamin D supplementation in the prevention and treatment of osteoporotic fractures and reviews the literature evidence on the efficacy of this strategy. Two musculoskeletal risk factors are implicated in osteoporotic fractures in the elderly: the loss of bone mass due to secondary hyperparathyroidism and the increased propensity to falls. Calcium and v...
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- Journal:
- Calcif Tissue Int
- Volume:
- 78
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- 257-270
- Place of publication:
- United States
- Publication date:
- 2006-05-01
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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0171-967X
- Source identifiers:
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126539
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- Language:
- English
- Keywords:
- Pubs id:
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pubs:126539
- UUID:
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uuid:2256c39f-87fe-4faf-8d1d-92c1695d76f7
- Local pid:
- pubs:126539
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2006
- Notes:
- PubMed ID: 16622587
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