A Controlled Trial of the Effect of Calcium Supplementation on Bone Density in Postmenopausal Women
Open Access
- 27 September 1990
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in The New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 323 (13), 878-883
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199009273231305
Abstract
The effectiveness of calcium in retarding bone loss in older postmenopausal women is unclear. Earlier work suggested that the women who were most likely to benefit from calcium supplementation were those with low calcium intakes.Keywords
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