Effect of annual intramuscular vitamin D on fracture risk in elderly men and women a population-based, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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Helen Smith

F Anderson · British Geriatrics Society

H Raphael · Southampton General Hospital

P. Maslin · Southampton General Hospital

Sarah Crozier · University of Southampton

Cyrus Cooper · Southampton General Hospital

Abstract

An annual i.m. injection of 300,000 IU vitamin D2 is not effective in preventing non-vertebral fractures among elderly men and women resident in the general population.

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Vitamin D Research Studies Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research Bone health and osteoporosis research

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Published in: Lara D. Veeken

Volume 46, Issue 12, pp. 1852-1857

DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kem240

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Effect of annual intramuscular vitamin D on fracture risk in elderly men and women a population-based, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

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