Do calcium supplements prevent postmenopausal osteoporotic fractures?

dc.contributor.author	Campbell, Bruce G.	eng
dc.contributor.author	Ketchell, Debra S.	eng
dc.date.issued	2003	eng
dc.description.abstract	Calcium supplementation (1000-1200 mg daily) decreases menopause-related bone loss and reduces the rate of vertebral and non- vertebral fractures. Calcium is more efficacious in conjunction with vitamin D (700-800 IU daily), particularly in elderly patients, who have a high rate of vitamin D deficiency (strength of recommendation: A, based on randomized controlled trials).	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/2914	eng
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	Clinical Inquiries, 2003 (MU)	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunity	University of Missouri--Columbia. School of Medicine. Department of Family and Community Medicine. Family Physicians Inquiries Network	eng
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Journal of family practice, 52, no. 03 (March 2003): 234+.	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.	eng
dc.subject	fracture risk	eng
dc.subject	bone loss	eng
dc.subject	bone density	eng
dc.subject	vitamin D	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Osteoporosis	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Osteoporosis -- Nutritional aspects	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Dietary supplements	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Bone densitometry	eng
dc.subject.mesh	Fractures, Bone	eng
dc.title	Do calcium supplements prevent postmenopausal osteoporotic fractures?	eng
dc.type	Article	eng

Clinical Inquiries, 2003
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