Annual high-dose oral vitamin D and falls and fractures in older women: a randomized controlled trial.

Kerrie M, Sanders,; Amanda L, Stuart,; Elizabeth J, Williamson,; Julie A, Simpson,; Mark A, Kotowicz,; Doris, Young,; Geoffrey C, Nicholson,

doi:10.1001/jama.2010.594

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Annual high-dose oral vitamin D and falls and fractures in older women: a randomized controlled trial.

Published in JAMA • May 12, 2010

Authors:

Sanders, Kerrie M

Stuart, Amanda L

Williamson, Elizabeth J

Abstract

CONTEXT: Improving vitamin D status may be an important modifiable risk factor to reduce falls and fractures; however, adherence to daily supplementation is typically poor. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a single annual dose of 500,000 IU of cholecalciferol administered orally to older women in aut...

Subject

Accidental Falls

Administration

Oral

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