Calcium and vitamin D reduced non-vertebral fractures and bone loss in the elderlyEffect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone density in men and women 65 years of age or older.

  • Dewing, Jan RGN, MN, RNT
  • Dawson-Hughes, B
  • Harris, SS
  • Krall, EA
  • et al,

  • Project Worker for Community Hospital Oxfordshire Community Health NHS Trust Royal College of Nursing Institute Oxford, UK

Dawson-Hughes B, Harris SS, Krall EA, et al. Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone density in men and women 65 years of age or older. N Engl J Med 1997 Sep 4;337:670–6.Dawson-HughesBHarrisSSKrallEAet alEffect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on bone density in men and women 65 years of age or older.N Engl J Med 1 Sep4337670-6

Sources of funding: National Institutes of Health and the Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University.

For article reprint: Dr B Dawson-Hughes, Jean Mayer US Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tufts University, 711 Washington Sreet, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

Adapted from an abstract published in ACP Journal Club 1998 Mar-Apr;128:44.

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