2006•ACP Journal ClubRequires access

Calcium plus vitamin D did not prevent hip fracture or colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women

Robert Huntington Fletcher

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Source Citation Jackson RD, LaCroix AZ, Gass M, et al. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:669-83. 16481635 Wactawski-Wende J, Kotchen JM, Anderson GL, et al. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:684-96. 16481636

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Key concepts: Medicine, Calcium, Vitamin D and neurology, Colorectal cancer, Calcium supplementation, Postmenopausal women, Vitamin, Internal medicine