Journal article
Oral vitamin D3 and calcium for secondary prevention of low-trauma fractures in elderly people (Randomised Evaluation of Calcium Or vitamin D, RECORD): a randomised placebo-controlled trial.
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BACKGROUND: Elderly people who have a fracture are at high risk of another. Vitamin D and calcium supplements are often recommended for fracture prevention. We aimed to assess whether vitamin D3 and calcium, either alone or in combination, were effective in prevention of secondary fractures. METHODS: In a factorial-design trial, 5292 people aged 70 years or older (4481 [85%] of whom were women) who were mobile before developing a low-trauma fracture were randomly assigned 800 IU daily oral v...
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- Published
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- Journal:
- Lancet
- Volume:
- 365
- Issue:
- 9471
- Pages:
- 1621-1628
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
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- EISSN:
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1474-547X
- ISSN:
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0140-6736
- Source identifiers:
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125994
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- English
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pubs:125994
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- pubs:125994
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- 2012-12-19
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- 2005
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