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01-05-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Effect of calcium supplementation on hip fractures: reply to correspondence

Authors: I. R. Reid, M. J. Bolland, A. Grey

Published in: Osteoporosis International | Issue 5/2009

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Dear Editors, …

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Title: Effect of calcium supplementation on hip fractures: reply to correspondence
Authors: I. R. Reid
M. J. Bolland
A. Grey
Publication date: 01-05-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Osteoporosis International / Issue 5/2009
Print ISSN: 0937-941X
Electronic ISSN: 1433-2965
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-008-0756-2

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