Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and mortality in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative calcium-vitamin D randomized controlled trial.

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Published in J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci on February 16, 2009

Authors

Andrea Z LaCroix1, Jane Kotchen, Garnet Anderson, Robert Brzyski, Jane A Cauley, Steven R Cummings, Margery Gass, Karen C Johnson, Marcia Ko, Joseph Larson, JoAnn E Manson, Marcia L Stefanick, Jean Wactawski-Wende

Author Affiliations

1: WHI Clinical Coordinating Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, 1100 Fairview Avenue North, M3-A410, PO Box 19024, Seattle, WA 98109-1024, USA. alacroix@whi.org

Associated clinical trials:

Women's Health Initiative (WHI) | NCT00000611

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