Open AccessEffects of Calcium Supplementation on Clinical Fracture and Bone Structure
Author(s) -
Richard L. Prince,
Amanda Devine,
Satvinder S. Dhaliwal,
Ian M. Dick
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.166.8.869
Subject(s) - medicine , placebo , osteoporosis , population , heel , confidence interval , femoral neck , adverse effect , hazard ratio , surgery , anatomy , alternative medicine , environmental health , pathology
Increased dietary calcium intake has been proposed as a population-based public health intervention to prevent osteoporotic fractures. We have examined whether calcium supplementation decreases clinical fracture risk in elderly women and its mechanism of action.
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